Current Work

The Great Tide

  • Tiny figures in a vast landscape with a colossal golden orb dominating the seashore. Distant cliffs catch noonday sun.
    The Golden Ones 32×32 inches oil on canvas
  • Young people at a secluded cove looking up at a natural stone archway with a translucent crystal embedded within it
    Passage 24×24 inches oil on canvas
  • Three figures stand on a beach staring at an enormous citrine crystal
    The Witnesses 19×19 inches oil on wood panel
  • Five young people on a beach discovering a bizarre citrine crystal structure
    The Discovery 24×24 inches oil on canvas – Private Collection
  • Two women on a beach encounter an ancient and mysterious relic of a gargantuan statue from a forgotten civilization
    An Ancient Memory 15×15 inches oil on panel
  • two figures floating in the open ocean among the waves. An oil rig is visible in the distance through the fog.
    The Empty Sea, 16×20 oil on canvas
  • Four figures on a beach transfixed by a mysterious crystal structure that doesn't seem to belong
    Microcosmos 32×46 inches oil on canvas
  • three people standing on top of an iceberg looking out at the endless horizon at sea.
    A Distant Horizon 36×36 inches oil on canvas – SOLD
  • A couple on a beach at night looking at a distant iceberge emitting a mysterious glow
    Nocturne 36×36 inches oil on canvas
  • Three people in a boat perplexed by a looming iceberg on a warm sunny day
    The Boundary 24×24 inches oil on canvas SOLD
  • Two women on a beach surprised by the presence of icebergs in the sea on a warm and sunny day
    The Beached Tower 12×18 inches oil on canvas
  • Young people on a beach staring in wonder at a half submerged colossal statue of unknown origin
    Where Are They Now 21×21 inches oil on panel
  • A family on a beach staring in wonder at a gargantuan colossal head of a statue that has long since sunk below the waves
    An Empty Beach 21×21 inches oil on panel
  • A mother and her children on a beach looking in reverence at distant iceberg
    Homecoming 21×21 inches oil on panel SOLD
  • A family on a beach on a sunny day staring at a gargantuan iceberg floating in the distance.
    The Messenger 21×21 inches oil on panvas SOLD
  • A woman on a beach contemplating the sight of an iceberg of such enormous proportions it fills her field of view
    A New Summer 36×28 inches oil on canvas
  • A woman in the foreground looking out at the horizon
    Here, Now 20×23 inches oil on panel SOLD
  • Four young people on a beach on a cold and rainy day looking out at a mysterious crystal tower enveloped in mist and fog
    The Shroud 21×15 inches Oil on Panel
  • People sitting on a beach looking at the spectacle of an enormous iceberg going up in flames
    The Watch Party 28×24 inches Oil on Canvas
  • Beachgoers oblivious to the dead marine life that washed up on shore. In the foreground is a dead great white
    Unseeing 36×36 inches oil on canvas
  • A father and sone on a beach with a large lifeguard station in the background
    Incomprehensible Vastness 24×24 inches oil on canvas SOLD

Artist’s Statement

I paint figures standing at the edge of water, their backs to the viewer. Observers of things that inspire awe and unease. Signs of change, and the attempt to reconcile with a new reality.

The current body of work, The Great Tide, is organized around the four seasons as a framework for different kinds of encounter: a figure on a beach before an incoming storm; beached whales and ancient ruins in winter light; wanderers on serene shores confronted with icebergs in impossible places; children discovering ancient statues and enormous crystals on otherwise ordinary beaches. The imagery follows emotional logic rather than allegory. These scenes are a reflection of an inner truth.

The sea runs through all of it. Not as symbol, but as a presence that is simultaneously beautiful, dangerous, and opaque. The figures are always shown from behind, positioned so the viewer occupies their vantage point rather than observing them from outside. The painters I return to most, Hopper, Hammershøi, Vermeer, understood that stillness and interiority are their own kind of drama. The kind that persists in the mind.

A selection of these works is available directly from my studio in Tel Aviv. Please contact me directly to set up a studio visit.