In June 2013 I travelled through the archaeological sites of Jordan. The trip was organized by staff members of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Our group was primarily made up of “experts” who had travelled to Jordan many times. We covered practically the entire country with the exception of its southernmost part. [» » »]

For many years I have been taking photographs at each stage of my work on canvas. Sometimes the painting changes to the point of being unrecognizable: interesting metamorphoses hide under the new layer of paint and remain only in digital format. [» » »]

Cappadocia – an area in the center of Turkey, with unique geological formations. It reminded me the landscape in Byzantine and Russian icons. Early Christians, fleeing persecution, have settled there, digging in the soft limestone hidden cells, churches and underground “cave cities”. In a place called Derinkuyu, the underground system is eighth levels deep. [» » »]

For me, having lived in Jerusalem for 22 years, there is a certain degree of self-irony, in going out for the first time with the easel, to paint in the middle of a religious quarter or under the Old City walls. Despite the fact that landscape, and generally painting from nature, are far from what I usually do, it has been an interesting and fruitful exercise for me, and I have already got some ideas about future work. And of course, an important aspect of the project for me, was the communication among us and discussions about the works. Besides, organizing a home exhibition, the fact that we create a project on our own, without any mediators or institutions – it is a very modern and promising idea, in my opinion.

From a conversation with Leonid Zeiger. April 2012, Jerusalem.

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The first two works of this series I created for “The Dark Side” exhibition at the Agripas 12 Gallery. One of the canvases was presented at the exhibition, stretched beneath the ceiling. [» » »]