This is the final stage of "The Slutsky Pietà". The painting unites the three monotheistic religions in the universal feeling of sorrow and grief at the death of a loved one. Loosely based on the masterpiece by Michaelangelo in the Vatican, this work is set in a contemporary situation.more……less
This painting illustrates a scene from the Janowska labour camp in Lvov, Poland, in the early 1940's. This story was brought to my attention by Yaffa Eliach, author of "Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust". The image mostly speaks for itself.more……less
A beautiful, barefoot woman relaxes in a robe on a gorgeous red armchair in a vibrant and colourful room. A variety of wallpapers cover the walls. A vase of flowers sits on a green table. A masterpiece of colour and compositon.more……less
This catastrophic and useless war killed and maimed millions of youth. The globe she hold is made up of newspaper clipping of that war. She is every soldiers mother.
There is a woman behind every great act. My great-grandparents, from Odessa, opened a Russian Bakery in Montreal in 1912 (on the left). On the right is another bagel bakery near my studio.
Feet on the earth and head in the sky. The artist lives in the largest community of Hassidic Jews in Canada. This painting is meant to be hung this way or upside down.
