Mother Painting

Artist Statement "Until the age of 20 I painted women without breasts, because I was afraid of my mother's reaction" Probably the need for freedom, rubbing against the borders, provoking prohibitions and the need to dare and cross them- are the leading driving force in my artworks. There is a reasonable chance that I am endowed with a split personality, since even though I am a very sensitive and refined man, I dare in my artworks to defy and touch controversial points. My fields of creation are diversified - music, painting, sculpture, photography. But you can say that today I am mostly involved with painting. There I find a great way to allow my feelings to be freed uninhibited, to be absorbed into the colors on the canvas, and let the audience look into my inner soul, exposed and without protections. Three main themes are evident in my artworks: abstract landscapes, portraits and feminine erotica. It is not easy to explain the elation that I feel when I look out into the open space, listening to the clatter of the sprinklers on the furrows and enjoying the curves of the green hills. Life in the Valley of Jezreel, brought me back to the landscapes of childhood in Yavneel, and with them an abundance of abstract landscape paintings. My curiosity about human beings takes me back time and time again to draw portraits - to touch the emotions and personalities of people, most of whom I do not even know. The need to paint is often due to intense inner turmoils that occur in me - passions, memories, dreams, shaking experiences that are released into the body of the creations. During the painting I allow myself absolute freedom, with no logic. The creation for me is a very sensual, passionate, erotic experience. I flow with anything that happens while making love with the colors on the canvas. The element of randomness, lack of control and freedom are those which guide my work process, and I often allow the brushes to paint instead of me. I enjoy new and strange experiments - painting with a wood skewer (which the line produced by it is difficult to control), painting with the non-dominant hand and more. Sometimes I choose to start with an insignificant scribble using a big brush or with bare hands. There, in the chaos that was created, I discover myself in new and wonderful worlds. I also do not restrict myself to a specific material.