Touching Life by 44 DEGREES ART MAGAZINE - 2018

ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

44 DEGREES is an online magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Israeli artists.

The magazine showcases various artists such as digital media artists, painters, sculptors, and curators, with each issue focusing on a different theme. Artists showcased in the magazine may be contacted via the URL posted.

The magazine may be viewed in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem information archive room and in Tel Aviv Museum Library.

44 DEGREES online art Magazine was founded in 2013 by the artist TAMMY MIKE LAUFER

She created the concept and she's also the Designer | Editor |Art director |Curator Producer | Website Director.

Tammy Mike Laufer lives and works in Israel. She is an international contemporary artist and art director.

She is graduate from the extension of the "Technion" Israel Institute for Technology in the department of Graphic Design, and continuing education program for designers at Sivan College Tel Aviv.

She has been engaged with Digital Media for two decades.

Tammy Mike Laufer's digital media art were exhibited in Museums, Art projects in places such as Italy (53 Venice Biennale) Greece, Japan, the US, Portugal, Lithuania, Warsaw, Israel and more.

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Art on front of the magazine by Tammy Mike Laufer

Israeli Artists Selected By The Editor 1

ANAT BEN EZRA

13 YNIN SHILLO

25 YAEL DOR PERETZ

2

TAMAR ISTRIN

14 MIRI ADMONI

26

RACHELLE GOLDREICH

3

HAGIT BUCHWALTER

15 GIL ZABLODOVSKY

27

OSNAT BEN SHALOM REISMAN

4

LILY DAVID

16 EINAT SHTECKLER

28

ELI GROSS

5

YAEL SAPIR

17 MARGALIT MOLNAR GOITEIN

29

YURI TABACHNIK

6

SARITH LEILA HAAS

18 TAL NACHMAN

30

MEGI ROME

7

FRANCOISE CHEMOUNI

19 RAY VAGNER & KEREN EICHER

31 ETTI AMRAM

8

IFAT ZOHAR

20 ALIZA BORSHAK

32 SHAUL BAZ

9

TAMMY MIKE LAUFER

21 ELISHEVA NESIS

33 MARLEN ISMALON

10 RuTea S. NOY

22 NIRIT GILAD OVADIA

34 YONA LEVY GROSMAN

11 JOZSEF RAZ

23 MICHAL BIBER

35 POLINA KANEVSKY

12 GABRIELA GLEIZER

24 ILANA DOTAN

36 MICHAL SHELLY

YNIN SHILLO

ANAT BEN EZRA I was attracted to art as a child, a desire for creation coming from the heart, a sense of satisfaction. Sculpture. This is my life in the past decade. Various techniques and various materials, concrete castings, polyester. Now I focus on casting in bronze - bronze gives the sculpture eternal life.

My works are in a modern classic style and a realistic approach; through sculpture I express my inner and emotional world. My sculptures tell a story about the world and the power of a woman ... her movements ... her expressions and feelings. The fusion with nature.

My uniqueness is something that I draw from a profound depth. I always sculpt the same woman's face. Various plots about one woman. In every sculpture I leave something of my life, moments of magic, coping, warmth. Dance, passion, relationships, family and power.

It all begins with sketching, where my hands flow freely and lightly. Then comes the demands of the soul. And another sculpture is born Anat.benezra1@gmail.com Facebook

Mutual support Made of bronze dimensions height 39cm, width 70cm and depth 40cm Father's blessing Made of polyester dimensions : height 50cm, width 23cm and depth 27 cm

TAMAR ISTRIN I was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. I am an artist who creates sculptures out of scenes from life. I create the sculptures in clay and then cast them in bronze.

My sculptures focus on human portrait, with emphasis on facial expressions. The inspiration for my wrinkled face sculptures, I get out of my meetings with a very mature audience in my work.

In my sculptures, there is an expression of respect for the human and especially for old age.

My sculptures participated in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. istrint@gmail.com www.istrin.co.il

Looking back, Bronze, h40x32x32cm

HAGIT BUCHWALTER From an early age, art has been an inseparable part of my life. I have experimented with Different creative media using a variety of techniques.

A multidisciplinary artist, I paint with oils and sculpt with a variety of materials.

For several years now, I have been sculpting with wire mesh and iron wire.

I create figurative art that is not necessarily realistic but a product of a personal expressive interpretation which enables the image to be identified.

I draw the inspiration for the work from my daily experiences and try to translate the thoughts ,encounters and people that are part of my life into sculptures that to the viewer and arouse their thoughts and emotions. info@gitushart.com www.gitushart.com

She sits and thinks Size: 64X43 cm, Material: Metal mesh

A lady with a basket Size: 48X32 cm, Material: Metal mesh A religious man Size: 60X35 cm, Material: Metal mesh

LILY DAVID "Homage to Dad" 2016 Your sculptures around the house remind you in addition to a million little things which I remember and I miss you. Tingling in fingers, the familiar feeling artists feel before they go into battle and try to transform the imagination into reality, flood me during last recent months.

I usually sculpt drawings. This time I decided as a courtesy to you to paint a sculpture.

"Not Alone …" 2016 The solitude of "Homage to Dad" gave birth to "Not Alone…". I felt that a lonesome sculpture was not enough and as Good created Eve from Adam's rib …"Not Alone" sculpture was born.

"The Wiz" 2017 Once created, I joined the two other piers "Homage to Dad" and "Not Alone…". During the creation process, new shapes and essence were poured in my soul and I learned that I become "The Teacher". I bring a different nuance to the assembly enabling the dialog between the three. I'm called "The Wiz". I know , I exist, I'm present.

lilyd13@walla.com Facebook

"Homage to Dad" Technique: paper sculpture acrylic and aquarelle Size: high 135 cm; diameter ~ 35 cm; "The Wiz" Technique: paper sculpture acrylic and aquarelle Size: high 145 cm; diameter ~ 60 cm;

The Sages Assembly

YAEL SAPIR The Main Idea - The Ornamented Leaf The main idea in my work is ‫ש‬ connection between nature, textile, and culture.

It combines my own worlds - the rich landscape that surrounds me on the mountains of West Galilee, my expertise in the textile industry and textile, and my Hungarian descent.

This nature-textile-culture composition isn’t a trivial one. And yet, it generates a sense of awe and enables contemplation and observation at an object - the leaf. An object that, while abundant in nature, is reincarnated by connecting it to other materials.

I want to inspire and honor the time to observe. To put nature on center stage and give it our full attention, embrace it and remind ourselves that every created object is unique and has a special place on this earth. ays1110@gmail.com

Fiber art mix media , and fiber art photograph.

Fiber art - tailor made size 150/110 cm - for the photograph fiber art.

SARITH LEILA HAAS I am an artist painter, mixed media, Etchings and more.

For me art photography and painting is away to express my feelings.

I learn all the time and I am always in progress. batshe12@smile.net.il

Sara. Black and White Photo, Hand Print 1994

Untitled, black and white photograph, hand print 1994

FRANCOISE CHEMOUNI I was born in Paris, my first love.

A central theme in my work is the essence of femininity.

In my photographs of women, I focus on the mystery of shyness and eroticism which fascinates me. In making photographs of human beings I search for authenticity and what is their most natural aspect.

While finalizing portraits and other photographs I use the high key and low key editing method because it enables me to express purity and the essence of femininity which I aspire to show with my pictures.

As an auto-didactic photographer, I have been inspired by famous French photographers from the period 1950 until 1970 and they were instrumental in developing my vision of the photographic adventure. francoisechem@gmail.com Facebook

IFAT ZOHAR I am 47 years old Israeli photographer living and working at the Netherlands.

Eight years ago I left a longtime career at the Israeli politics corridors and replaced them with the Dutch green fields.

My specialty is Equine photography and my work concentrates in catching special soundless moments with horses, trying to let my audience feel the wordless moment that I have experienced while photographing this graceful animal.

Although I am first of all a photographer, I try to explore and bring different artistic elements from different worlds into my photos and creating an unusual and unique vision to the world of horses. zifat70@gmail.com www.iziphotoart.com

TAMMY MIKE LAUFER My works are similar to mental puzzles, where you can travel from one point to another by analyzing a picture’s symbolic objects. There is always something for the observer to discover. I never force my vision or push my philosophical opinion on the viewers each and every one, can give theirs philosophy to my creation. My art is surreal reality, all in my head. The viewer take a journey to places just as real as those you might find in this reality. When I start working on a new scene, it's like enter to a fantasy dream. like starting your new only virtual world.

“Everything is possible” and in the majority of my works I am trying to combine visual realities, with subconscious emotions and philosophical thoughts.

I create my virtual world, with 3d software and 2d paint software. Using combinations of renderings, lightings, textures and shapes.

The images can be printed on any material in any size.

Tammy.tml@gmail.com www.TammyMikeLaufer.com

Only the animals, 3D digital drawing 2017

Only the animals2, 3D digital drawing, 2017

Only the animals3, 3D digital drawing, 2017

Only the animals4, 3D digital drawing, 2017

RuTea S. NOY My art meant to bring joy, peace and tranquility to those who seek change, hope and self-improvement in a restless universe. Through beauty, color, mood, experiences, emotions, curiosity and raw imagination, each image communicates directly to the eye and makes a strong statement.

Both my paintings and photographs conveys multiple, intimate stories and are consciously created in a warm, friendly, inviting style. They are sophisticated yet easy to grasp.

Web site

Sunbathe

Rejoice

JOZSEF RAZ A digital artist photographer.

Visual graphic design and history of art graduate.

On the way from the analog world to the digital world , I went from using direct contact of the materials such as : celluloid , steel , wood , glass and canvas to the digital world where I collect all the materials for my work using the camera and the scanner .

The computer's mouse is my main tool to draw and scalp my work of art .

My work expresses " searching after the beauty in the ugliness and the ugliness in the beauty " and creates an illusion of the fantasy world.

jozsefraz@gmail.com

GABRIELA GLEIZER I am 27 years old and based in Jerusalem, Israel.

I study for a BFA degree at Bezalel - Academy of Arts & Design, in Jerusalem, finishing my last year of studies. I am interested in Portrait & Documentary Photography, social and cultural matters, always feeling intrigued by human relationships between them selfs and between their fisical enviroment. For my images I use a Mamiya C330 camera (Medium format, 6*6) and Kodak color film.

About the series: "Through The Stations" is an annual project which documents people, by a journey through the different stations of The Light Train in Jerusalem, which is one of the main transportation methods in the city, passing through religious and non - religious jewish and arab neighborhoods.

The project aims to explore and analyze the different cultures, religions and ethnic differences to which people belong and try to understand in this way the complexity and diversity in the society of Jerusalem, which includes Israeli- born citizens, immigrants, jewish/muslim/christian people and more.

The complete series includes 85 portraits. gabigleizer@gmail.com Facebook

YNIN SHILLO I am a multidisciplinary conceptual artist. I create from the experiences of my life and from the ongoing exploration of being, preoccupied with the present and in the constant movement of life and time.

The photos I chose for the magazine on "Touching Life" shows different aspects of my inspiration from the personal space (the worn-out ballet slippers of my toddler doughter) to plastic iconic theames such as Israeli spiritual scene (a Breslov Chassid prays alone in nature to G-o-d), symbolic (such as the tree trunk that emerges from grass as a lily among thorns), and abstract. www.yninshillo.com shilloart@gmail.com

Untitled, Photography, 2016

Untitled, Photography, 2016

MIRI ADMONI In the south of Israel, the Negev desert, you can find my home and studio of glass art and design works. Surrounded by rich and diverse nature scenes, from the Mediterranean Sea on the west to the Dead Sea and the Judean desert on the east, my work is inspired by nature’s textures and colors.

My work is an ongoing exploration in different mediums, including prints, glass works and jewelry.

This series is photography based, showing different scenes of nature. By digitally manipulating colors and focus, I express myself in a free spirit way, from minimal to complex, from realistic to abstract and from clear to mystery. miriadmoni54@gmail.com www.instagram.com/miriadmoni/?hl=en

Petra stone, 50x30cm

Sunflower,50x50cm

GIL ZABLODOVSKY A visual communications artist and owner of a creative laboratory of visual culture.

With an experience after working in design studio and as an solo artist I opened this lab for those who love search new ways of inspiration, in several mediums like video, graphic design, creative arts and more.

I welcome everyone who wants to reach out for me and send a message, in that way can build bridges of visual vision together. gilzablo@gmail.com www.zablocreate.com

EINAT SHTECKLER Whilst capturing my environmental installations with photography, my projects are meant to remind us of our individual responsibilities to pick up pieces of trash and, at the same time, stimulate and raise awareness of the impact of our rampant consumption. Whilst placing and inserting plastic bottles into unpolluted areas, often using locations that inspire me and constitute a personal interest, I create ecological statements regarding the disposal and damage of plastic waste; doing so hope to activate our self-awareness of the damage to our natural environment.

"Disaster" is a startling and powerful message for the times. Through this subject matter and composition, I implore my spectators to see the impact of humanity’s intrusion in the natural world. einati125@gmail.com Facebook

Disaster

MARGALIT MOLNAR GOITEIN I specialize in journalistic photography, focusing on the moment, street photos, human faces and figures in their natural environment. Subject, colors and composition are dominant issues in my work.

The photos here represent a realistic interpretation of "to touch life": the musicians and other members reflect their sheer joy of life, either by music or social encounter. By their joy they touch the essence of life. The "Chinese musician" is my painting of acrylic on canvas; the rest are my photos. margalitmg@gmail.com http://www.news1.co.il/blog/jewelmor

TAL NACHMAN I want to trace a story. One who gathers into one place all states of matter of human existence. A nonlinear narrative, where the place loses its value and the time itself is not a necessary component, but the change it generates in visual reality.

My starting point comes from a need of documenting the things I own but cannot hold. In a world without a selection, I am trying to remember. I feel like every second eludes, that every moment adds in and takes away another one, and I have no control which one that will be. talats097@gmail.com

Mom using floss, Neve Shikma, Rishon Le Zion, October 2016 Analog Photography, Pigment Inkjet Print, 30X40cm

I'm crying in front of the mirror, Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem, Mars 2015 Analog Photography, Pigment Inkjet Print, 30X40cm

Shmuel's shaving, Rehavia, Jerusalem, May 2014 Analog Photography, Pigment Inkjet Print, 30X40cm

RAY VAGNER & KEREN EICHER Sketchlight is a partnership of 2 women artists . They are light painters that use aphotography technique.

All of our picture are Light painting created in real time captured to the camera in one single photographic frame. Without Photoshop intervention .Light painting is an art form a technique consists of creating Images by capchering the movement of light. in all our creation we do the lightning by hand, We see the movement constantly changing.

We are exploring all kinds of technique some of our work highlights the abstract nature of light, we are inspired by the beauty of light in all it’s various forms.

We are constantly searching for new color textures and tools. It is a technique that creates the impossible, records the paths of light in to the picture, reveals something hidden in the real world. sketch.rg@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/sketchlight_ray/

Traces to nowhere part 1

The aura of prayer

Dusk to Dawn

ALIZA BORSHAK Born in Baghdad .Lives in Be'er Sheva, engaged in art since childhood. I have a degree in art and communications, multidisciplinary artist. Painting, photography, photography and painting exhibits computer processing. I sometime write poetry. I work in various techniques and topics varied works. In recent years, the subject of women in the country and the world of my works stand out. Standing women's rights, violence towards her. I created a series of threedimensional displays in which the doll representing the woman. So the woman abusing her games and passit from hand to hand (trafficking). The subjects of my works: Bedouin woman Arabic. Women are numbered the same women without a veil behind bars with broken glass.

Protest art. Art has the power to change.

I belong to the artists of Beer-sheva and Israeli fruit of peace Association, whose members include artists Jews, Muslims and Christians.

I introduced eight solo exhibitions and participated in numerous joint exhibitions. Appeared in two documentaries on the artist's works aliza7b@gmail.com WEBSITE

collage12 -tarptichon , 80X60 cm. drawing on wood with photograph

ELISHEVA NESIS My main interest is looking for signs of mysteries in our life and studying evidences of their penetrations into the real world. Almost all my paintings and books are around this theme. As well I've been trying to detect mysterious penetrations in some border individuals.

So it was just natural to me to live in Jerusalem. eli7va@gmail.com Facebook OLTEN TANGO, canvas/acrylic, 40 x 60 cm

GUARDIANS ,canvas/acrylic, 70cm x 100cm

NIRIT GILAD OVADIA Since I remember myself, I love painting.

During art studies, I have been exposed to various painting techniques, however, I finally remained faithful to my own technique, through which I taught painting afterwards.

My painting style is realistic and implemented by multiple thin layers. My focus in details enables me to "accurately" communicate my personal experience.

I truly love painting nature and landscapes, yet, the "human landscape" fascinates me in particular, since through portrait one can observe the inner human's world.

I continuously look after the story behind every sight I encounter, aiming to perpetuate it through painting. niritova@gmail.com Facebook

"Earth sunset" Pencils on paper 47/38 cm

“Conection“ Oil on canvas 70/50 cm

"The last stage" Oil on canvas 70/70 cm

MICHAL BIBER As a painter, my greatest fascination and strength is in looking, making everyday moments and places become magical and enticing. I see the same buildings and trees day after day, but all of a sudden I notice a something, cascading light or the movement of leaves, which I express in a colorful dance of intense brush strokes. Much like Rothko, in his Subway series, I use the tools of light and the tension between figurative painting and abstraction, to depict moments that seem banal, but actually form lively scenes of light, color, perspective and figures.

My two recent bodies of work, explore the inside of my studio and my apartment, and present mysterious and alluring moments reminiscent of Film Noir. One is a series dedicated to the scenery outside my studio window, and the other is a series exploring my bathroom, de familiarizing it, and turning this room of daily grooming routines, into an enigmatic, even surreal, territory inside my own home. micbib64@gmail.com www.michalbiber.co.il

Elvis3,oil on canvas,84X63cm

Carmel,oil on canvas,67X45cm

ILANA DOTAN In a world where we are flooded with emotionally and noisy images and information, we fail to recognize the banal representations of human capability: synthetic objects surrounding us, such as wrappings, plastic bags… serving us daily.

We all use these objects every day, rarely stopping to consider the creativity that went into developing them, the history behind them or the accumulating impact of using them. These background objects draw my attention, especially when they acquire unique identity by being affected or acted on by outside forces. The transformed industrial, cloned object, illustrates how in some aspects, we become different and unique through external forces that wear and bend us.

Describing these objects also allow a “peek behind the scene” in the human luxury and comfortable living, and the lengths to which we are willing to go to find them.

I’m illustrating the hidden beauty, complexity and exclusiveness of these objects by using the simplest means. The realistic drawing allows deep exploration and appreciation of these items which seem so simple and unremarkable.

idotan2@gmail.com www.ilanart.co.il

Chewing Tablets-Pencil on paper-40*40

Nylon bag with beets-Pencil on paper-50*50

Cellophane-Pencil on paper-70*55

YAEL DOR PERETZ My work is influenced by a reflection of reality through media database and journalism, allowing me to examine different aspects of human behavior. This series of paintings explores the nature between man to man and humankind towards animals. The relationship allows me to deal with questions, of what is considered moral, and who has the authority to make that determination. Is this a question of inner awareness or conventional social behavior?

The contrast between the exhibit and its representation, changes our perception of the object (subject) which causes a blurred reality and arouses a disturbing awareness. Awareness that reality can exceed all imagination is the source of inspiration for my work, an experience of helplessness is what provokes me to investigate the nature of this relationship and my place within. yaeldor24@gmail.com Facebook

Negative narrative Oil on canvas, 2014. 150\100

Objectification 200X144 ,oil on canvas, 2015

RACHELLE GOLDREICH For as long as I can remember I’ve created some kind of art. I’m inspired by the beauty that I see in the surroundings where I live, the changing light and shadows that influence the colours and mood of the scene. I am moved by the wonder that such a scene evokes in me; the feeling of pleasure and joy or tranquility it gives me.

Most of my work has been landscapes, done here in Israel and in Italy. Lately I’ve been drawn towards painting people, trying to capture the interaction between a person and the surroundings.

I work mainly in oils, often Plein Air, and sometimes finished in the studio. The recent paintings with people have been done with the help of photographs I’ve taken, The magic happens when I let the almost finished work tell me what needs to be done to transform the image from a copy of something into a work which stands on it’s own merits. I’m continuously searching for ways to portray my vision with integrity without falling into the traps of method or mannerisms.

My wish is to be able to create art which makes people smile, relax, perhaps even a few moments of healing. This is my motivation for what I create. rgoldreich@hotmail.com www.rachelle-goldreich-art.com

New Shoes - oil on canvas 80 cm. x 100cm.

Running - oil on canvas

80 cm. x 100 cm.

OSNAT BEN SHALOM REISMAN I'm an artist from Kibbutz Giv'at Haim Meuchad. for 30 years I was teaching, educaring and forming art in the arts institute of Giv'at Haviva. I was the treasurer of the Peace Gallery in Giv'at Haviva. I am an active artist and continuing to teach and lecture in several forms up to today.

My paintings are in the technique of oil on canvas.The images in my paintings derive from the kibbutz' environment in which I live. I am bound to the place and to my home. Thus is natual for me to make the connection. The painting is based on my personal photo albums and photographs that I take with my camera. The images I used change and vary their forms like clay in the hand of the artist. Color is the starting point of me creative work. I think in color, I imagine many things through color. Color can make me very happy and just as sad. So many things happen to me through color, and it is color that leads me. osnat.bs@ghm.org.il www.osnat-benshalom.com

Kibbutz - 2013 - oil on canvas - 100x120cm

Shavuaot at The Kibbutz - 2011 oil on canvas - 130x100 cm

Arab Woman In Red - 2000 - oil on canvas - 130X97cm

ELI GROSS There are many ways to Ithaca, mine goes through painting I have always had a limited degree of selfexpression. In between family and work I voiced only words till I picked up a brush and started to paint. Via painting I can touch and create new voices. It is my art which symbolizes my exploration for contentment, serenity and tranquility. I paint my knowledge which I have picked up on my way to Ithaca. eligross@orange.net.il www.eligross.com

At the rugged tracks

Touch of nature – Acrylic Playa drawings of the maori hei matau-Acrylic

YURI TABACHNIK There is nothing more inspiring than life itself.

Its touch, whether it be echoes of history, the greatness of nature or the miracle of the birth of feelings is an inexhaustible source of our attempts to understand the beauty and complexity of the human soul. www.tabachnik.net yuri@tabachnik.net

Shulamit . Oil on canvas, 58cm x 80cm

Intertemporal. Oil on canvas, 70cm x 50cm

Eden. Oil on canvas, 70cm x 65cm

MEGI ROME In hard times I've gone through in the past, I drew a soul-mate, a friend which was a flying piano.

I hold its wings and together we flew and jumped over crises, one by another until we reached a safe seashore.

In really hard times I asked him to help me choose between the life and the death and my flying piano did it and if I chose the right decision, let my life be meaningful not just for me but for as many people as possible. The flying piano became a symbol of facing difficulties and hard times Thank you, my dear friend. www.megiromeart.com megiromeart@gmail.com

The flying piano No.4 90x66cm. acrylic on canvas

ETTI AMRAM I am an artist from Kibbutz Dalia Israel. I served for 20 years as director of the Arts Center and curator of the Shalom Gallery in Givat Haviva, and throughout the years I continued to paint and sketch, my instrument for artistic expression.

In recent years, the platform I have been creating has been iron. On the face of it, this is strong and durable material, but in fact rust is the weak point for me. The importance and vitality of iron in reality is the functioning of the body, as it leads oxygen to the heart and allows life. For me it is a significant means of expression, which symbolizes physical and mental strength, but it has great vulnerability and sensitivity, power and weakness are open questions for me as well.

Rust stains (deliberately created) are the creation of an organic process of diffusion, diffusion and leakage. My art continues or opposes it.

In my works I can see several images, deer, bird and man, who have been accompanying me over the years. "The deer of Israel on your feet is a void" is a verse from David's lament that mourns the glory of Israel and its heroes who became the victims of the war. The deer for me retreated, tired and in perpetual flight, and wanted to rest. The bird stops for a moment and descends to the earth to see if the water has been wiped off the face of the earth?

I refrain from dealing with the lightness of the deer's movement or the freedom of the bird in flight, but in dealing with the existential fear and the danger that lies ahead amram.etti@gmail.com

Antitled 50X50sen

SHAUL BAZ As a child I was fascinated with the human image and I made portrait drawings of my school friends, today as well people are the main subject in my paintings and sculptures.

The canvas for me is a surface where I can create a reflection of the world in which to research the human condition. observing and painting, together with the element of research are also ritual and a space of love, of getting closer and understanding.

My subjects are almost always taken from the world that is close to me or close to my heart- family members, musicians, pets and their owners, the painting are planted in artistic traditions but made with a free brush. shaulbaz@gmail.com www.shaulbaz.com

balcony scene, oil on canvas, 60x40 cm.

Anat and Max, oil on canvas, 33x40 cm.

MARLEN ISMALON The figurative is a sculptural feast, especially when put on the two dimensionality of a canvas. I'm obsessed with the human figure with all its curves, angles and movements. Through this movement, I seek to express a search and a yearning for the most simple, pure and profound truth. Nature is always there too, archaic and powerful. Roots, twigs, branches, intertwining and separating, dig into the soil and back into the human form. Some years ago, I worked as a massage therapist. This experience was a great help for me since I can "feel" the body from within. I paint only from "inner" imagery. Each painting is a journey into a new unknown. marlenismalon@gmail.com Facebook Sunrise-Sunset,120X67cm, Acrylic on canvas

Suspended, 82X126cm, Acrylic on canvas

YONA LEVY GROSMAN I live in the Negev desert. Where the dry Loess soil raises dust most of the year. With the first rains of winter, the desert turns green. Then, the green colors are followed by red, yellow and white sections of the landscape. Rugs of joy for the birth of a new life when the seeds meet the wet earth.

yonalg@gmail.com www.sand-dune.net

Sunrise in the desert, oil on canvas 900X90 cm 1984

POLINA KANEVSKY “Avoidance” is a series of drawings on A5 paper, which serves as an ongoing visual diary of an individual journey towards growth and development. Each day a new drawing is created, as an attempt to reflect upon avoidance mechanisms, hidden sources of anxiety and other issues that interfere with personal growth, all the while discovering more dark corners of what makes us human and finding comfort within those corners.

Po.mi.ka.art@gmail.com Facebook

“Avoidance” series: markers on paper, 21x15 cm, 2018

MICHAL SHELLY When I paint, I try not to plan ahead. the feeling is that the paint in my paint board ‘chooses’ me , my free hand motions . . . the brain focused on the sensations that the topic/theme awakens. sometimes the ‘topic’ remains unknown to me, the paint spots, their texture, the color, the composition or the image that emerges, clarify to me what wants to be expressed, this is a conscious process that is in dialogue with unconsciousness. michalshelly1@walla.com www.michalshellyart.com Oil on canvas, SIZE 170x100cm