Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Out in the City of Haifa

Summertime. Leaves are dark green and grey. The light too cruel and direct, and I rise early to get before everybody else does to the nearby Binyamin Garden, a local green lung slowly turning into a charming spot. The people there, mainly Russian and Arabic speakers, hard working or unemployed, find their way into my paintings without ever noticing it. They go about their happy business with daily contentment. I am a temporary intruder.

These trees make a wonderful shade, may they live long and prosper. The rest of the garden is olives - not big enough yet.
Here is an oil painting I just finished. It's based on photos I took in winter. The color of the path is plain grey in reality.
Plywood 49x65 cm



Below is a small marker sketch of two cats. Following an idea I picked up on the web, I used watercolor paper prepared with gel medium. Strange results. The paint stays on the surface and doesn't sink in, so it can be moved around, like Winsor Newton promised their Pigment Markers would do if I used their own paper.


Another time same place, markers:



The card players, markers





At the end of the journey I go down to the market. This is Haifa, up or down. Down many stairs that lead me to the main street of our busy neighborhood Hadar.
And right before the market I notice these two beauties, so colorful I just have to draw them.


... and then you go down here.



Ah yes the market. Same street, two views.






Lower still. Downtown, Harbor street (Hanamal), on July 14th they had a cheerful French Revolution party.




A favorite spot downtown, not as colorful in reality but nice enough...





5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What makes these works great,-(besides in terms of beauty), is rona's love for urban haifa as well as her love for hidden small spots of idylic nature in cities and their suburbs,-plants,animals,light and shadow.A fusion of colorful expressive strokes.Wonderful works of art.

Rona said...

Thanks for the lovely words!...

Anonymous said...

עבודות יפיפיות

Josef Ralt said...

very beautiful art and a lovely post...we could do an exhibition together one day..

Morning Star said...

Hey Joe thank you it would be an honor