BYL Art: 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Rashi

Rashi

Oil on Canvas

One of my first oil paintings at age 13, I got my oil kit from Pearl Paints on Canal St. as a present. This painting was based on a black & white image I saw, so I tried imagining what colors to use. I still like this painting even today.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Clowning Around for Purim

Clowning Around for Purim

Pen & Ink

Mishenechnes Adar "Marbin" BeSimcha!. That means that, year round we are required to serve Hashem with simcha, and now we are just adding to it. May we be blessed with real Simcha and Joy!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Stolin Shul in Monsey in Miniature

Stolin Shul in Monsey, NY

Miniature Model

This scale miniature was done for a client, it displays the Stoliner Shul in Monsey, NY. The model consists of a 3-D shul front, sky painting on-canvas and it's front yard greenery.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Tzadik of Jerusalem

Reb Arye Levin zt"l - The Tzadik of Jerusalem

Pencil, 8.5 x 11

Reb Arye zt"l, the father-in-law of Harav Eliyashev Shlita, was the Rebbe of the prisoners in Jerusalem since 1927, every Shabbos morning he would walk from his home in Nachlaot to visit the Jewish prisoners held in the Russian Compound. Reb Arye prayed with the prisoners and conveyed messages to their families. The inmates were captivated by the rabbi's warmth and sincerity, and the honor and respect with which he treated them. Born 1885 - Niftar in 1969.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

LeKavod Shabbos

LeKavod Shabbos

Chalk Pastel, 8.5 x 11

Flowers are beautiful, created for mankind to appreciate. And what could be nicer than to decorate the Shabbos table with a bunch of flowers.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Voos Hert Zech?

Voos Hert Zech?

Charcoal, 8 x 8.5

I am sure that he always had a good word for everyone, maybe even some sweets in his pockets. A sense of humor is good in bad times, and bad times, you say? If all is from Hashem, then nothing is bad, it's all good!.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Rebbe

The Rebbe

Pen & Ink, 8 x 8

When the Rebbe of Lubavitch, Reb Menachem Mendel Schneerson zt"l became Rebbe in 1951 he turned the Chabad movement into a powerful force in Jewish life. His policies led to the establishment of over 1300 Chabad institutions around the world. Born in 1902, Niftar in 1994.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Skverer Rebbe zt"l

Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky zt"l - Skverer Rebbe
Pencil, 8.5 x 11

This pencil portrait on craft paper of the Skverer Rebbe zt"l was done in 1991, one of my very first portraits. Reb Yakov Yosef zt"l established the all-Hasidic village of New Square, New York in Rockland County in 1954. Niftar in 1968.

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

History in a Box

History in a Box

Chalk Pastel, 11 x 8.5

After bringing home this charming vintage radio, I explained to my kids what this was, my Son asked me "If you turn it on, can you still hear news from World War II"?. Now just imagine a family in the '40s clamoring around the radio dial, picking up a BBC broadcast of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Allies landing in Normandy, or the exciting news that the war is over. Now the old radio has seen enough, heard enough that it is happy to just decorate my living room.

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