Sketchbook

More random sketches! 

Some ghosts among nature-inspired patterns. 

This is actually from the summer- it's a church across from the lot I worked at the summer. 

"Shekhinah"

Shekhinah ('10)

This is my first piece of sold art. 

Mrs. Ellen Goldstein, Vice President of the national Hillel in Washington, DC, purchased my piece 2 years (this summer) after first seeing it freshman year. I had done it as a submission to a school competition to show interest/ pride in Judaic culture. I entered in honor of my High School english teacher, Mr. Savett, and based my illustration on an idea he explained to me. The white hebrew letters at the top of my picture are cut out, spelling "Shekhinah", and the image was done in mixed media (water color, ink, colored pencil, marker) & this is my explanation: 

"Shekhinah"

I would like to dedicate my art, "Shekhinah," to my High School English
teacher Mr. Savett. As well as being an amazing teacher, he's an unorthodox
Jew practicing his faith in a more personal manner. He believes in the
Jewish religion to help guide his daily life with high moral standards and
progressive thinking. When I told Mr. Savett about this competition, he told
me about a profound detail of the Jewish tradition. The Light of God, or God's 

Divine Presence is sometimes connected with the imagery of the Shekhinah, 

which is a female presence. Although it is not directly stated in the Torah, 

the Shekhinah is referred to imaginatively as 'the Daughter of God'.  She is 

represented in my piece as the womanly hands cupping a haze of colors, or 

her divinity and gifts. When the Matan Torah, or giving of the Torah at Mt. 

Sinai, occurred, it gave these divine gifts to the people of the world. It is 

believed that each person received this gift differently according to what 

values they had. This offering is symbolized by the Shekinah's rainbow of 

colors trickling out of her hands and down to the crowd. However, each

person only receives one of the colors, as it drips over their head, to denote 

the unique manner in which they are receiving.

Ink and Color Sketches

Some quick sketches to get me back in school mode :),

I've really been diggin ink work lately and for now am happy playing with water color for the color pop- but will probably go back to playing with markers soon. 

Thank You

These are some thank you cards I designed for my relatives in response to their thank you cards. I have the black versions on hand and can custom color if anyone needs a thank you-card :)

Happy Belated Birthday

... to me! My birthday was (is) July 25th. So the day after my family and I decided to go on a little adventure and do something we've never done before; then I made a movie of it :)