Angels Indicating Spheres, Rancho Mirage (2012)

Michael Shermer, in his book "Believing Brains", speaks of "patternicity": the tendency to find meaningful patterns in both meaningful and meaningless data; and "agenticity": the tendency to infuse patterns with meaning, ... Read more »

April in Rancho Mirage (2012)

Still thinking about the desert horizon and the translucency of our attempts to glimpse the spirituality that surrounds us like colors in the light spectrum our eyes can't quite see. Winter is ending in the desert...

Beach Wedding (2012)

This is a commissioned gift for a lovely couple who are getting married in June. I am trying to capture the hope of God's protection and strength.

Being Translucent Near the Water as Days Pass (2012)

...trying to capture the sense that something beyond us exists and that unless we are looking spiritually (not just with our two eyes), we can't see it.

Contemplating the Bowl of the Heavens (2012)

Contemplating the bowl of the heavens reflected on the surface of the pool.

Watching Angels Walking on Spheres (2012)

Still trying to express the idea of the sense of other worlds at the edges of our consciousness. I envision these glimpses as transparent hints of angels.

Angel Guarding Box System (2011)

A prayer for protection.

Arise-Go up to Beth-El (2011)

From my favorite part of the Torah, the imagery around Jacob, here he is told to go to Beth-El (Jerusalem). You can see him in the distance, near the Bamot (high places) usually a site of foreign worship like a Ziggurat. Beth-El is in the distance. ... Read more »

Blessing for Unusual Creatures (2011)

There is a blessing to be recited upon seeing exceptionally strange looking people or animals, "Thank You G-d, Hashem, King of the universe for making the creatures different." Thus we acknowledge the diversity in the world. This painting i ... Read more »

Chariot Visions (2011)

She looks sort of witchy, I guess as a result of all of the young adult fiction about witches I hereby confess I passed some time reading last summer. Ancient philosophers talk about visionary mysticism, the simplest kind, where one has visions of Go ... Read more »

Darkness on the Surface of the Deep (2011)

From the opening of Genesis when everything was potential: ...when the earth was astonishingly empty, with darkness upon the surface of the deep, and the Divine Presence hovered upon the surface of the waters... . Gen. 1:2

Distant Mountains Distant Empires (2011)

Drummers and Iridescent Angel (2011)

We shall sanctify Your Name in this world just as the angels sanctify It in heaven above.

Fast Water Wine on the Table (2011)

Time rushes past like fast waters, the wine waits on the table and we ask You for mercy.

Go For Yourself From this Land (2011)

Michael Shermer, in his book "Believing Brains", speaks of "patternicity": the tendency to find meaningful patterns in both meaningful and meaningless data; and "agenticity": the tendency to infuse patterns with meaning, ... Read more »

Lauren Lights Shabbat Candles (2011)

For Lauren, who I love dearly.

Light of the Upper Chariot (2011)

From the prayer book for Rosh Hashanah: "We beseech You, in the Holy Name that disseminates from the light of the upper chariot, which is included in its source...."

There is the Unit Circle, from Math Analysis, which is the ... Read more »

Making Noise with Blue Angel under Setting Suns (2011)

The angel sits on the steps in the later afternoon. The sun keeps setting, we keep dancing and making music.

Prayers in Rancho Mirage (2011)

Prayers in the desert at Rancho Mirage for my father during his bypass operation in November 2011. He came through it with flying colors. I love the desert in winter.

Rebecca Waits for Isaac with Water (2011)

Rebecca waits for Issac with Water. She knows the whole story.

Red Mountain Blue Angel Yellow Light (2011)

Blessed be He Who spoke and the world came into being.

Sharp Bright Darkness Reflected by Angels (2011)

The Chariots of the Hittite Empire (2011)

Protect us from our enemies, then and now.

Yellow Shoes at the Edge of the Ladder (2011)

And She is Waiting By the Steps (2010)

And she is waiting by the steps by the pool.