Yoga Heart

This painting, commissioned by a Yoga Studio, includes stamps commemorating the Chagall Windows.  As the heart opens, so do windows to the soul, allowing for spiritual rebirth as suggested by the stamp of The Resurrection to the heart's right.  On the heart is also a stamp of an airplane (in the shape of a cross), suggesting lift-off into spiritual heights.   (22 x 30 in)   

Soldier Rockettes

The Rockettes as Nutcracker soldiers in domino formation. Drawn during a live performance of the 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular. In honor of Pete and Cheryl.  Sold. (8 x 4 in)

Golf Lesson

In honor of Frank and his timeless patience teaching two daughters in the ways of golf.  (22 x30 in) Nfs.  Variations available.

The Dancer

 

The Dancer in purple (9 x 30 in).  Sold.  

The Dancer in red (9 x 30 in). Available.

In honor of Theresa.

Swimmer in Blue

A stamp in the bottom left corner honors the painting, Lady in Blue, at the Tel Aviv Museum. Hence the name for this painting.  The background includes stamps saluting the martyrs of the gallows, the port city of Akko and a Phoenician Ivory Sphinx.   The Swimmer squats by the water, contemplating her way across.   (22 x 30 in) Gifted to Carter and Karen.

Swim Lesson

The same young girl appears mulitple times in her swim lesson diving, kicking, and springing while simultaneously standing and staring...at herself in the pool.   (22 x 16 in) Nfs. Variations available.  In honor of Sadie.

The Magician

The Magician holds secrets. Postcards featuring mosaics from synagogue ruins including a zodiac hint at those secrets.  The face is steady while the hands move, indicating magic. The orange stamp on the lapel honors the United Nations' claim "to live together in peace with one another."  Perhaps the magician is manifesting this secret.  (22 x 30 in)

Sample Stamps from The Magician

NIA

This piece was inspired by the Nia form of dance.   The music found its way into my lines as the dancers step to a jazz square.  In honor of Ana Powell who inspired the lyrical lines of this piece.   (22 x 30 in) Gifted  (Variations available.)

Big River

Inspired by the play, Big River, the figure's gesture is universal; one of offering or sacrifice. The stamp of Tzahal, Israel's army, is repeated in the painting, moving from the figure's backside, into the light reflecting off the figure's face.  Is the symbol of army transmuted into another energy?  From where comes the Light?   (22 x 25 in) 

Stamp from Big River

Visit of the Empress

Inspired by the Chinese opera, Second Visit to the Empress, some stamps here commemorate Olympic athletes from the 1972 Munich Massacre.  11 dancers grace the painting in memory of 11 athletes.  The figure of the Empress appears by a stamp of King David; their movements mimic each other.  "...and David administered justice and equity to all his people" reads the stamp.  Similarly, the Empress acts in kind for the benefit of her people.    (30 x 12.5)

Up the Road

Stamps of influential figures from history, the biblical Sarah, FDR, and Ben Gurion, dwell within the forest and brush along the uphill road while stamps celebrating flowers poke out.  Could history be flowering towards a new age?  What will be revealed at the crest?  Ships in the sky?  Planes in the grass?  Gifted to Rachel Snow in honor of her 50th year and the playfulness this painting revealed to her.   (22 x 26 in) Variations available. 

Close Up of M115 below

M115

Heading north on highway M115, history recedes.  In this case, Ben Gurion and Israeli planes peering through the greenery, while stamps of colorful flowers pop up on the other side. The future is not yet revealed, allowing the Present to be.  Reserved. (22 x 26 in)  In honor of Gustaf Andreasen.

Magic Flute

Inspired by the musicians in Cambodia's performance of the Magic Flute who sat in the background of the action playing perfectly and magically. For this, I have pulled them to the foreground and placed their images on long paper, in the shape of a flute.  (22 x 5 in) 

Rockettes

Recomposed sketches from a live performance of The Rockettes' 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular in New York City on December 11, 2007, led to this piece. Under giant ornaments, the dancers descend sparkly staircases providing exhilerating entertainment.     (22 x 30 in)  In honor of Joanne Chalat's 80th birthday celebration. SOLD

Radio City Music Hall

This piece is the first in the series celebrating the Rockettes' 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in December 2007.  The opening number with its shiny ornaments, and the patriotic colors bring together ideas of Christmas and America.  Repeated images convey the engaging, whelming choreography. Israeli stamps of reds and blues are found throughout and add texture to the piece.

 (22 x 30 in)  In honor of Eileen Isenberg for making this painting possible.   

Oklahoma

Stratford's production of the musical, Oklahoma, made its finale November 2007 and I was there to capture the actors' movements with pen and paper.  Cowboys danced, twirled lassos, and spun to memorable tunes.  These sketches made it to the painting with stamps repeating the energetic yellow line supporting the composition.  Those stamps mark new technology and represent the tension between old and new, not only in Oklahoma, but all times.  Gifted (22 x 30 in) Variations available.  In honor of Ruth Zinn who made this painting possible.