Thursday, February 8, 2018

All the Best to Riva

Introducing Riva Rasin bat (daughter) of Braine and Joseph Rabinowitz

This morning at my workshop we had a real treat. Riva put up here series of political portraits that she has been working on. They are all marvelous and the whole group together makes a very strong statement. I thought that I would introduce you all to some of the artists that are part of my painting workshop every Tuesday morning. Not only did we enjoy the paintings but Reuven gave a critique.

One of the interesting things that Reuven said was that when we are working on a series of paintings we should also have in our mind's eye of how these paintings would be shown on a gallery wall. With Riva's first way he suggested that she should make them closer to a more mixed up fashion. He was correct as you will see in the photos I took.
KOL HAKAVOD RIVA
(kohl hah-kah-vohd; Literally: All of the respect.)
You can use this little phrase when you want to say all right, way to go, or a job well done. Kol HaKavod!
Riva Rasin



First Layout

Second Layout

Trump  Menachem Begin
Golda Meyer


Top: Bibi Netanyahu  Ben Gurion
Bottom: Moshe Shamir   Reuven Rivlin



Moshe Dayan  Shimon Perez  Bibi Netanyahu  Itzhak Shamir

Click on images to enlarge

Except for Trump, who acts as if he is President of Israel, all are well known political figures in Israel. Riva has made a strong statement with her series and of course, there was a lively discussion.
Reuven, our mentor, says that the more noise pro or con then the artist has succeeded in her statement. 

I will continue to introduce you to my artist friends.




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