Picnic 2016

The spectrum for this windmill patterned work was influenced by the colour of Pantone for 2016 (I didn't realize there was such consensus, it was inspiring).
Working with magazines offers such richness of colour and texture, context and subtext. You can look at these pieces for hours and still discover new elements. This particular work has an immaculate finish, but it is imperfect. The little accidents and incongruities in the pattern make it organic and evocative of the real visual experience, rather than the digital, simulated kind.

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I am a multi media artist born in Haifa, in Occupied Palestine. I paint, draw, and make abstract paper collages from hand-cut magazines. I like abstracts: geometric patterns, colour transitions and chaotic arrangements. This extends to my love for painting 'backgrounds', which have become nebula paintings. I like sparkles, kitsch, pretty scenes and figures but especially when accompanied by jarring detail. This is self reflexive romantic projection. When collaging, I love the way I can never run out of material to cut up, with lots of luscious detail and random words. This kind of cut-and-paste is always giving me new ideas. The other side of the piece of paper is often just perfect. My gallery reflects a fixation with maximalism, patterns , and colour transitions, whether in acrylic or in paper mosaic, or both.