Untitled Document

In the series of seven monoprints titled, Tug of War, I search for answers to a war, which embodies my religious and spiritual upbringing as a young Jewish woman living in New York in the 1950’s, to present day. While the war in Vietnam influenced my youth, conflicts in the Middle East defined my life. Conflicts are seen in the tension between each figure in the prints, both compositionally as well as with use of color. The figures are equal in size and color hue, showing that we share the same desires for peace. The colors are vibrant and exhilarating, revealing the true inner spirit of each figure, in a battle of enormous challenge. In the prints, I apply more than one process, with layering of fine Asian papers, allowing a powerful veiling effect to occur. I try to convey a sense of peacefulness and deception in these works, in the hopes that the viewer will experience deep contemplation.