Dancing all by myself

Art inspired by a song. Another first - Archival pigment print with beads embroidery. This piece will be part of a coming exhibit at Universal Art gallery in Tel Aviv next month together with other art pieces inspired by Noam's beautiful songs.

The song that inspired it (my translation from Hebrew)

Dancing all by myself, lyrics by Noam Horev

I’ll be back soon, just passing through all the continents

Gathering feelings, sensations, blurred images

Far away, beyond the sea, places I’ve never been to

I see the world in new ways, ways I do not understand yet

Gathering pieces of the sky just because

The world rests in my hands

Learning how to caress the wounds

I suddenly remember, how to dance all by myself

In the empty spaces of the heart

Drawn to the fire, to the whispers within

Getting out, burning bright again

Taking the time to get ready, to connect, to grow up

To travel and never come back

Walking the newly discovered paths of the soul

Where I never dared to venture

How can I suddenly be so complete

So breathtaking

Food for thought while listening to Miri Mesika singing this beautiful song. 

Walking on air

Image by Joseph Heidecker

After enjoying a fun opening at bG gallery, where I have three of my images in the latest Monster exhibit, we decided to peek at the other openings at Bergamot station. After looking at two new exhibits that left me pretty unexcited (hmm...trying to be politically correct here), we entered Craig Krull Gallery. And, boy, was I blown away.

The first artist I couldn't stop staring at was Lou Beach, who creates these amazingly fun collage. I have never seen anything as beautiful and fun. Truly inspiring, and yes, the day will come when I will move from photo collage to mixed media collage. And Lou's work is a breathtaking inspiration. (Got home and ordered his book, so I can start studying his work at my leisure.)

And as I was thinking nothing can top this, I entered the second room of the gallery and saw Joseph Heidecker embroided photos. WOW. So simple and so effective. Stunning black and white photos, embroided in silver, gold, pinks and beige. Stunningly beautiful. I left the gallery walking on air.

Lou Beach collage

Another one of Joseph Heidecker's amazing embroided photos

Listen to Van Gogh...

The box of colors sat on the very bottom of my bookcase for years, actually since I got it as a gift from my mother in law. A beautiful and pricey wooden box with charcoal and pastels from Faber-Castel. Me, using it? That's for people who can really draw. Sometimes in the future. Maybe. 

Then I started a class in painting photos. And the last assignment was to play around with borders.

For the last days I've been playing around and enjoying myself learning new Photoshop options. 

Last night, my husband reminded me of the color box. And today, when alone so no one can see me, went upstairs, pulled the box out and dared to give it a try.

So this is it. The first time I combined drawing and photography. The frame was drawn in pastel colors, photographed and combined with a fall color image I took earlier this year in Vermont.

Autumn - my very first painted pictures. Who knows where it will lead?