Ayelet- Hashahar Sela

My name is Ayelet Hashahar Sela. I live and work in an agricultural town next to Mt. Tabor, Israel.

I came to painting through a journey of personal development process. Before that, I worked in communications (MA).

My painting is inspired by the anthroposophical approach to painting.

I acquired the basis of my artistic knowledge in an anthroposophical seminar (at Harduf, Israel), where I became acquainted with a unique method of working with water colors, which fascinated me and provided a response to my search for the consciousness connection between color and form and the artist’s inner world.

The one-year seminar evolved into Art Therapy studies (the anthroposophical method), where I delved into “painting by the seven life processes”. This model developed into the course “Painting as a Personal Growth Tool”, which involves development and empowerment of one’s personal abilities through painting exercises. I have been operating these workshops for the past 15 years.

During the last decade, alongside the workshop, I have devoted a great deal of my time to oil painting. My first exhibition “Ad Infinitum” was shown at Beit Gabriel gallery on the Sea of Galilee in March 2013. In December 2017, I participated in a...