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1. Mizrach with Sunrise
2. Barley and Poppies
3. The Enclosed Garden
4. Pomegranate
5. Mizrach with Morning Glories
6. Mizrach with Corn Poppies
7. Olive Branch
8. Barley Sheaf
9. Wheat
10. Mizrach with Roses
11. Date Palm
12. Lily of the Carmel
13. The Four Species
14. Figs
15. Grapes
My artistic guide for these illuminations is the miniature world of the great medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.
I am inspired by the poetry of nature and my subject is the natural world in all its profound diversity. In these pieces. I portray the flowers, fruits, and landscapes of biblical iiterature.
Notes on materials:
Either calf or goatskin parchmen was used for all illuminationst. Gold leaf in various weights and shades used for gilding; 24K yellow, 23.75 Roseanoble, 22K, 16K pale, and 24k gold powder mixed with a binder and used as pigment. Colors include ground malachite and lapis lazuli and modern lightfast pigments.
I am inspired by the poetry of nature and my subject is the natural world in all its profound diversity. In these pieces. I portray the flowers, fruits, and landscapes of biblical iiterature.
Notes on materials:
Either calf or goatskin parchmen was used for all illuminationst. Gold leaf in various weights and shades used for gilding; 24K yellow, 23.75 Roseanoble, 22K, 16K pale, and 24k gold powder mixed with a binder and used as pigment. Colors include ground malachite and lapis lazuli and modern lightfast pigments.