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Back2Brushes
biblical themes and landscapes from Israel
original paintings and drawings by Elisheva Horowitz
the pouting beauty
noach sons
two of noah's sons cover their drunk and humiliated father
mixed media on canvas
Ruth & Boaz
Tamar
ram at twilight
"The ram was created at twilight on the sixth day of creation"
Inspired by various Midrashic texts concerning the ram which Abraham would sacrifice in place of Isaac. (Pirkei Avot 5:5, Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer 30)
Medium: Acrylic and India ink with polimer emulsion. Canvas 45 by 55cm
Mordechai
Shir HaShirim
Many waters cannot quench the love, nor can rivers flood it... (shir hashirim 8:7
Acrylic on canvas
To the Gentle Giants: of Sacrifice, Gratitude and Hope
on the beach in Nahariya
pastel, charcoal, conte
Mother Zion after the destruction
charcoal and conte on canson paper
samson
Goats in the Negev
charcoal, conte, pastel, mixed media
Yaacov identifies Yosef's cloak
pastel and mixed media on canson paper
Yehuda & Tamar
pastel and mixed media on canson paper
Joseph the slave
Amos Pastel
Rivka dresses Yaacov
"And Rebecca took the costly garments of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and she dressed Jacob, her younger son"(Genesis 27:15). acrylic on canvas, mixed media
Edge of the Desert
Acrylic on Canvas.
In the distance one can see Anatoth, best known as the home town of the prophet Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah). The forested hills to the left lead up to Jerusalem's Har Hazaytim (Mount of Olives) and Mount Scopus.
Song of the Grasses
"Know that each and every shepherd has his own unique tune…" (Song of the Grasses by Naomi Shemer based on Rebbe Nachman)Kids who have the opportunity to grow up in Eretz Yisrael can be both as tough as the basalt stone that they sit on and as sensitive as the biblical shepherds of Israel. While we once hung up our harps as we wept by the rivers of Babylon, you can now see our children singing their own melodies under the willows and eucalyptus trees in Israel.
Acrylic on Canvas 50cm by 70 cm
"When she could no longer hide him…
With the hope of bringing the text to life, I used real bulrushes and a basket which is "smeared with clay and pitch."
(Shemot -Exodus 2:3 -5)
Acrylic 70 by 90 cm
Sinai Acrylic
Soul Wrestling Pastel
Shuk Machane Yehuda
Love the colorful produce and characters that one finds in Jerusalem's shuk Machane Yehuda. Recently I've found myself drawn to the crowded market place and forgoing the spotless, air conditioned modern mega markets that have taken over Israel.
The Hart Cries Out Acrylic
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Ruth & Boaz