A different approach – Intuitive art

Intuitive art - Prayer Clouds

Prayer Clouds (I) – Acrylic on canvas with gold leaf – 43 x 50cm As an exercise in freedom from form, I approached a blank canvas with no preconceptions, and let the painting emerge in its own way. I love the peace and depth of losing myself in what is emerging on the canvas. This […]

Finding new life in an old painting – a Biblical scene.

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The subject is an undefined Biblical scene, in the Land of Israel. Since it is made up of different layers which have accumulated over a few years of painting and re-painting, the canvas itself has started to take on something of an archaeological character. It’s an unresolved picture. I’m aiming to bring it alive now […]

Rediscovered High Priest Painting

Recently I rediscovered this, rolled up and covered in dust, in my store-room: A painting of a High Priest. Based on an etching of a turbaned gentleman in Egypt, by the wonderful Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga (1912 – 1998), I abandoned it several years ago – possibly because I didn’t know how to deal with […]

Remember (after Nicholas Roerich); in tribute to Reshad Feild

Mountain landscape painting; Remember (after Nicholas Roerich)

Remember (after Nicholas Roerich) Oil painting on canvas, 35 1/2 ” x 55 ” (90cm x 140cm), sealed with damar varnish. Price: $1475 + shipping In tribute to author, musician and spiritual teacher Reshad Feild, I am now offering this painting for sale. I first came upon Reshad Feild’s book The Invisible Way (Element Books, 1979) […]

Art gift for Rosh Hashana

This original piece of Jewish art would make a beautiful and very special Rosh Hashana gift, celebrating the seven species described in Parshat Ekev. Prominent among them, in my picture, is the pomegranate. The midrash describes this fruit as having 613 seeds, corresponding to the number of mitzvot in the Torah. This is a decorative […]

Child’s Bible; complete set published

  This brings this whole Child’s Bible project to a close, with all five volumes of the Torah series now published. It was a challenge and a privilege to be involved in this work! The whole series is available to buy here. (Available separately or as a boxed set). Prints of the illustrations are available […]

A Sea Song

    Magical Art of the Red Sea And now: A boy, who is a prince and a minstrel too, plays the flute by the shores of a desert sea – the Red Sea. Behind him, we see his boat floating above colourful fish in a turquoise-blue sea. A dolphin swims gently by, while in […]