Collage on canvas 40″ x 30″ Read more →
Yiddish Sayings
Artwork focused around Yiddish sayings and proverbs.
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דאָס רויטסטער עפּל האָט אַ וואָרם ( The Reddest Apple Has A Worm In It)
Watermedia on Yupo 28″ x 22″ Read more →
טראַך גוט עס וועט זיַין גוט ( Think Positively And It Will Turn Out Well )
Watercolor on Yupo Read more →
אַ האַרץ איז ווי אַ שלאַס, מען דאַרף האָבּן דעם ריכטיקער שליסל (A Person’s Heart Is Like A Lock Which Can Only Be Opened With The Right Key)
Watermedia and Collage on convas 26″ x 32″ Read more →
מער קען ניט אויסמעקן דעם יוד פון דעם ייד (It’s Impossible To Erase The Quintessential Of One’s Jewish Identity)
Watercolor and Collage 28″ x 34″ Read more →
פון אַ ביסל, און אַ ביסל, ווערט אַ פולע שיסל (A Little, And A Little, Fills The Bowl)
Watercolor on Yupo 28″ x 40″ Read more →
אפילו אין גן־עדן איז נישׂט גוט צו זיַין אַליין (Even In The Garden Of Eden, It Is Not Good To Be Alone)
Water media & collage on Yupo Read more →
דאס לעבן איז ניט מער ווי א חלום, אבער וועקט מיר ניט אויף (Life is Just a Dream, But Please Do Not Wake Me Up)
20″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Plexiglass Read more →
א וועלט מיט וועלטלעך (A World with Worlds)
Mixed media on plexiglass 16″ x 20″ x 4″ Each person has an aura, an area of influence.Some people are very important and influential in our lives, while some are seem to be unimportant. However, even a child may have influence and impact on the adults and other children than surround them. Every action of ours affects the universe. These… Read more →
א מענטש טראכט און ג-ט לאכט (Man Dreams While G-d Laughs)
“A Mentsh tracht un Got Lacht” means that we plan and build dreams but ultimately it is all in G-d’s hands. He knows what will really happen. The young man is dreaming, building a castle of paper cards. What he does not see is the fire approaching his castle. Read more →
יעדער מענטש האט זיך זיין פעקל (Every Person Carries a Bundle)
The Yiddish expression: ” Yeder Mentsh mit Zayn Pekl“, everyone carries a bundle, means that everyone has a set of problems, conditions, difficulties in their lives… Some carry them more easily thaמ others! Among the background lines of life, images of people and their packages were placed. Some carry them more easily than others. It’s sometimes a matter of attitude. Read more →
יידיש רעדט זיך אליין (Yiddish Comes Naturally)
Mixed media on plexiglass and light bulbs As a child growing up in South America, I often heard the expression: יידיש רעדט זיך אליין, ( Yiddish comes naturally). I was always amused by it, since it assumes that all Jews spoke Yiddish effortlessly. Read more →