Transcriptions #23: Peace Prayers
Transcriptions #23: Peace Prayers
18" x 18" x 1.5”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Peace Wall has been inspired by the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It’s the third time I’ve referenced the Western Wall in the Transcriptions series. This one is something of a close-up look at the stones and the inserted prayers for peace.
The ancient wall receives millions of visitors each year, people who have traveled from all over the world to pray. I would think that many of them leave prayers of peace stuffed into the cracks and crevices between the stones.
This time I used two pieces of canvas cloth, sewed them together, and left an opening in which to insert the rolled up pieces of painted cloth. The shape of the stones are drawn with pencil and then painted with acrylics and a matte medium. The handmade book is sewn through to the textured and painted back canvas. The sides are painted to match the painting and it is signed and dated on the side of the canvas.
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12” x 24” x ¾”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Shema was inspired by the Western Wall in Jerusalem. An ancient wall, receiving millions of visitors each year, traveling from all over the world to pray, had to make an appearance in this series. When creating the painting, I had the many prayers in mind that people leave behind, stuffing them into the cracks and crevices between the stones. For this painting, I chose to use the Hebrew prayer of Shema, recited since ancient times.
To start, I drew out the shapes of the stones with pencil and then painted it with acrylics and a matte medium. The 5 scrolls have been made from canvas cloth and are sewn through to the textured and painted back canvas. Three of the scrolls are placed within the folds of the top layer of painted cloth. The sides are painted to match the painting and it is signed and dated on the side of the canvas.
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18” x 24” x ¾”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Phoenician Shalom features two prayers for peace but with a twist. I translated the prayers into the written language of the ancient Phoenicians.
The painting was inspired by an image of The Copper Scroll which was found along with the Dead Sea Scrolls. When the scroll was unearthed, it could not be unraveled without being destroyed. So instead, they sliced the sides, cutting strips that could be laid out and read. The painting’s 5 canvas cloth strips represent an ancient deconstructed scroll, painted to resemble tarnished copper.
The strips are sewn onto a textured and painted stretched canvas with the sides painted to match the overall painting. It is signed and dated on the side of the canvas.
I really got a kick out of working with a language that is no longer used and rarely ever seen. Did you know that most of our modern alphabets have their roots in the ancient Phoenician language? The alphabet developed widespread use because of the extensive maritime trade of the times.