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Greyhound Pets of America

This is a brochure I designed to promote adoption of retired greyhounds.

Boynton Beach City Library “On Loan” Exhibition

I will be participating in the Artists of Palm Beach County  Library Art Exhibit, June  – December 2009.  The City Library is located at 208 South Seacrest Boulevard,  Boynton Beach.  For more information, please follow this link:
http://www.artistsofpalmbeachcounty.org/bbclexhibition.php

Opening Thursday June 4

I am pleased to announce that I will be participating in two shows this summer.

The opening reception for “Words and Works” is this Thursday with wine and hors d’oeuvres from 5 – 8 pm.  The show runs through June 27 at:

LK Mix Gallery
5616 South Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, Florida 33405
(561) 586-5651

 

Montefiore Windmill

This is a recent acrylic painting on canvas inspired by my daughter’s visit to Jerusalem. The image is of the Montefiore Windmill and was painted as a Bar Mitzvah gift for a relative.

Callie and Phalaenopsis

An acrylic painting on canvas. My dog, Callie celebrates her fourth birthday during the month of December. The image is available on note cards.

Callie and Lizzie

This is an acrylic painting of my greyhound playing with her friend Lizzie Strobel.

Synagoga del Tránsito

I recently completed a small watercolor painting of the Synagoga del Tránsito in Toledo, Spain. The Synagogue was built by Samuel Levi in the fourteenth century in Morisco style. It was his personal house of worship. Although it was taken over by the church in 1492, the building has been restored and is now the Sephardi Museum. The painting was done as a Bat Mitzvah gift for friend, Gail Levy. The flatness of the facade was a surprise to me but I was intrigued by how many surface treatments were evident. I enjoyed painting all of the textures and the intense blue sky over Toledo.

Peace Symbol

This week is the 50th anniversary of the peace symbol. Charles Passy, writer for the Palm Beach Post newspaper, challenged area artists to create a peace symbol that held more meaning for our time than the original CND symbol.

  Although the current peace symbol has become almost universally pervasive, it is a relic of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, from a time when the threat of nuclear winter was the most chilling thought in society’s collective consciousness. The scare of nuclear war is not gone, but today we have more pressing global issues that pose a great threat to worldwide peace. The biblical symbols of the dove and olive branch originally signaled the rejuvenation of the earth after the great flood. Today, life on earth is once again being threatened by the flood waters of sectarian violence, poverty, violent dictatorship, starvation, and global warming (in brief). The dove carrying the olive branch reminds us that every one of us has the power to be the dove, reaching out to our neighbor, and extending the olive branch of hope. The symbol reminds us to make peace with nature, and to make peace with ourselves.