Nataly, Oils & crayons on canvas, 2012 SOLD Painting

Born in Israel in 1977, I am an active founder-member of the "˜Alfred Gallery' co-operative art group in Tel-Aviv, both as artist and curator. I have studied visual art and film studies at the Beit-Berl College School of Arts (Hamidrasha) between 1999-2005 achieving merit award & scholarships in both departments. Since then I have been exhibiting in art galleries and museums in Israel and working as anexperimental filmmaking lecturer at Beit-Berl School of Arts alongside teachingart & film studies at Tel Aviv's museum workshops, working with underprivileged youth. I am currently concentrating my efforts on my studio work as a painter. In my portrait and nude painting project I invite people to my studio and draw from observation. Interaction with the subject in front of me, creates a dialogue of expressions, enhancing the "˜here and now' of the moment of creation. These works stem from classical sketching, draftsmanship and painting techniques, subverted by a series of thematic and physical diversions to arrive at the finished paintings. My paintings aim to establish an intersection, where on the one hand my observation, dismantling, hesitation and inspiration is deposited to the canvas, while on the other side there is the viewer's perspective, who is invited to take part in the process of weaving the experience of reality, putting it back together.