This month’s Oculus column features a painting by Judith Weiner titled “Red Emergence,” a 20”x20” acrylic on canvas completed in 2018. The work is from the artist’s Neshamah Rising series. The concept “melds interior and exterior visions and images, encapsulating and suspending time and space,” she said.
This month’s Oculus column features Graham Diamond’s sculpture of Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps the most famous Renaissance man, who is often depicted in works by other artists. The sculptor’s interpretation captures da Vinci as an inventor as well as an artist. “I pictured him in his own time in Florence, ever wary and aware of dangers around him. The eyes, which I believe to be a window into the soul, are looking with doubt [...]
This month’s Oculus column features ´Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), who benefitted from the patronage of Jewish avant-garde artists, theater impresarios, writers and philosophers who supported him throughout his life. As the image illustrates, Vuillard tended toward intimate domestic scenes of family and friends. His work is infused with intricate wallpaper and upholstery patterns, colored with the warm and intimate hues that speak to home. Lucy Hessel was Vuillard’s muse, model and lover. This painting, “Lucy Hessel [...]
The shul’s Judaism and Art group has selected a work by Bruce Bloom as its featured piece for May. Bloom was a member of the group before his death in October 2019. This painting, an acrylic on canvas titled “North Fork Morning,” captures the artist’s impression of the gray dawn so common here in early spring, with the promise of a brighter day as the sun penetrates the cloud cover. The Bloom family thanks [...]
This month’s Oculus selection is an unfinished work by Hedy Campeas, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. “Inspiration can come from sources all around us, if we pay attention,” she said. The untitled work in acrylic and pen-and-ink is based on feelings the artist experienced on reading Psalms 118:5: “From the depths I called G-d, G-d relieved me.” It is up to the viewer to look at the painting and “determine his [...]
This month, the Oculus column focuses on a mixed-media (oil pastel colored pencil and charcoal) work on paper by Saul Rosenstreich. The painting is part of the current Judaism and Art exhibit in the social hall of the shul. “Rebecca and Isaac Connect” is the artist’s interpretation of the moment when Rebecca and Isaac make eye contact and fall in love. The concept was inspired by a painting on the subject by James Tissot, a [...]
Oculus, the Latin term for an eye-like opening that allows light to focus on a specific subject, seems an apt term for a new column in The Shofar, one that will focus the reader’s eye on a selected work of art, and shed light on its creation. Each column will feature a piece by a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. To inaugurate Oculus, The Shofar offers a pen and ink drawing [...]
Irma Strimban (Photo left)/ Judith Weiner and Rabbi Gadi Capela (photo middle) One of the last pieces constructed by artist Robert Strimban is the paper sculpture titled “The Unfinished Rabbi,” completed using only paper and an Xacto knife. The work is now installed permanently in the community room at our shul, thanks to a generous gift by the artist’s widow, Irma Strimban. The members of the shul’s Judaism & Art group, led by Saul [...]
Selected works from members of the Judaism & Art group are featured in a new display on the north wall of the community room. Artists are, top row, from left, Bruce Bloom, Saul Rosenstreich, Corrine Slade; bottom row, from left, Bruce Bloom, Hedvah Campeas Cohen, Judith Weiner. Not pictured, sculpture by Graham Diamond. The new display opened for public viewing in concert with the dedication of “The Unfinished Rabbi,” a paper sculpture by Robert [...]
The shul is planning a formal dedication and installation ceremony of Robert Strimban’s paper sculpture titled “The Unfinished Rabbi.” The event will take place on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m., immediately following that morning’s meeting of the Congregation, which begins at 10 a.m. All shul members are invited to attend. The Men’s Club will provide refreshments. “The Unfinished Rabbi” is the creation of well-known sculptor Robert Strimban, whose works are on view at various [...]
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