My art journey: Even before entering kindergarten, especially because I was an only child, I enjoyed challenging myself to give form to an abstract idea and, conversely, to take a finite thing and turn it into something reimagined.  I like to incorporate more than traditional paints and relish integrating a variety of materials into my art. I explore the additional textures and dimensions of found objects, whether they be manmade or from nature.  To recognize and assign new relationships between diverse elements fascinates me, especially when they begin to coalesce, thus, expanding the depth of my creative concept, too..  Sometimes I employ only paint on a surface, which also vary.  The simple act of blending hues on a palette is like a spiritual aphrodisiac to me; how each color relates to another appears as if the world was recreating itself at that very moment.  Deep inside me is the need to produce something truly worthwhile: a serendipitous, sharable miracle that retains its immediacy and yet evokes the eternal in us.  The ability to communicate such overwhelming emotion through my artwork is my ultimate destination. Therefore, sometimes, I get surprised with what I’ve made and its effect on me and others.  As Moshe Idel, the contemporary Kabbalistic philosopher, summarizes:  “the forces you release, the vitality – you can’t always tell what will become of them.”

The best friend I ever had left us all as a suicide victim.  No one close to him knew of his detailed plan to achieve that end, so I cannot fault myself for not having paid attention.  In a letter he left for his mom, he called it, “the family curse.” Rabbi Sheldon Moss told me that when he officiates the funeral of a suicide, he emphatically mentions the ‘warning signs’ because that occurrence often evokes an epidemic. That information, available online, can save a life!

My art journey: Even before entering kindergarten, especially because I was an only child, I enjoyed challenging myself to give form to an abstract idea and, conversely, to take a finite thing and turn it into something reimagined.  I like to incorporate more than traditional paints and relish integrating a variety of materials into my art. I explore the additional textures and dimensions of found objects, whether they be manmade or from nature.  To recognize and assign new relationships between diverse elements fascinates me, especially when they begin to coalesce, thus, expanding the depth of my creative concept, too..  Sometimes I employ only paint on a surface, which also vary.  The simple act of blending hues on a palette is like a spiritual aphrodisiac to me; how each color relates to another appears as if the world was recreating itself at that very moment.  Deep inside me is the need to produce something truly worthwhile: a serendipitous, sharable miracle that retains its immediacy and yet evokes the eternal in us.  The ability to communicate such overwhelming emotion through my artwork is my ultimate destination. Therefore, sometimes, I get surprised with what I’ve made and its effect on me and others.  As Moshe Idel, the contemporary Kabbalistic philosopher, summarizes:  “the forces you release, the vitality – you can’t always tell what will become of them.”

The best friend I ever had left us all as a suicide victim.  No one close to him knew of his detailed plan to achieve that end, so I cannot fault myself for not having paid attention.  In a letter he left for his mom, he called it, “the family curse.” Rabbi Sheldon Moss told me that when he officiates the funeral of a suicide, he emphatically mentions the ‘warning signs’ because that occurrence often evokes an epidemic. That information, available online, can save a life!

My art journey: Even before entering kindergarten, especially because I was an only child, I enjoyed challenging myself to give form to an abstract idea and, conversely, to take a finite thing and turn it into something reimagined.  I like to incorporate more than traditional paints and relish integrating a variety of materials into my art. I explore the additional textures and dimensions of found objects, whether they be manmade or from nature.  To recognize and assign new relationships between diverse elements fascinates me, especially when they begin to coalesce, thus, expanding the depth of my creative concept, too..  Sometimes I employ only paint on a surface, which also vary.  The simple act of blending hues on a palette is like a spiritual aphrodisiac to me; how each color relates to another appears as if the world was recreating itself at that very moment.  Deep inside me is the need to produce something truly worthwhile: a serendipitous, sharable miracle that retains its immediacy and yet evokes the eternal in us.  The ability to communicate such overwhelming emotion through my artwork is my ultimate destination. Therefore, sometimes, I get surprised with what I’ve made and its effect on me and others.  As Moshe Idel, the contemporary Kabbalistic philosopher, summarizes:  “the forces you release, the vitality – you can’t always tell what will become of them.”

The best friend I ever had left us all as a suicide victim.  No one close to him knew of his detailed plan to achieve that end, so I cannot fault myself for not having paid attention.  In a letter he left for his mom, he called it, “the family curse.” Rabbi Sheldon Moss told me that when he officiates the funeral of a suicide, he emphatically mentions the ‘warning signs’ because that occurrence often evokes an epidemic. That information, available online, can save a life!