2024

14” x 17”

Colored and watercolor pencil, metallic watercolor, marker, oil pastel

Accepting Commissions

A Tree grows from the seed of Israel. L’Dor Va Dor, from generation to generation it is said.  From its ancient roots, the words are inscribed into each Jewish soul that stems from its life force.  Zikaron (Remembrance), Chochmah (Wisdom), Imoteinu and Avoteinu (Our Ancestors), Yedah (Knowledge), Or (Light), Torah (Torah), Yisrael (Israel).

Along the way, entire branches have been cut off, sometimes violently, and leaves fall away into the forest.  Occasionally they grow back, but often they are gone forever.  However, against all odds, the ancient tree continues to grow and spread new branches and leaves, לדור ודור, from generation to generation.

While Christianity and Islam are universalizing religions comprised of members from every nationality and race, Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish people.

While looking at the 10” Square representing everyone on planet Earth, feel free to ponder these questions for each of the the three highlighted groups:

How did the Purple and Green squares become so big?  Why do many of them speak the same language such as speak Arabic, Spanish, English or French.  Did they become part of the Green or Purple groups through choice, coercion, or what we call today, colonization or imperialism?

For the blue section, how would you describe a group that size?

How do you think a people occupying this sliver of space would change their behavior in society as a group or individually in non-Blue majority societies.  

What factors led to the Blue group to occupy such as small space?