pattern and ornament

A Good Home 2022

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מבית טוב 2022

Oil 90/80 cm

I searched online for photo references for paintings exploring “human figures embedded in pattern”. I found a lovely formal family portrait, that caught my heart. From the clothing I inferred that it was taken in America around 1940. Were they very young parents with their teenage daughter? Or siblings? Their posed body language and shy smiles were both dignified and very much at ease. At ease with each other.

Drawing from Observation 2021.

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Quite the opposite.

רושם מתוך התבוננות 2021

Oil, 2021 on an older monochromatic painting. 70 x 50 cm. Creating an human image, as defined by his or her surroundings, continues to fascinate me.

As does irony.

Drawing from Observation 2021. Oil painting by Chanan Mazal, Jerusalem Israel. חנן מזל

Burying His Head in Fruit

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טומן ראשו בפרי

A video of my painting process. Since this pandemic began, I have been repurposing old canvases. The results are often unexpected and exciting.

This large oil work 120×140 cm. is on a quite old acrylic painting, that I had abandoned. (A rare occurrence for me. I usually FORCE my unsuccessful paintings to completion.