Work in progress

Searching for the right composition

by joeralt on December 20, 2011

  The project of the café is advancing slowly and has become a little sluggish, since I had to devote a little more attention to some health issues, which require reorganizing my life in such a way as to meet some basic requirements to stop the deterioration. Still, I paint all the time, working on [...]

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The evolution of an artistic concept

by joeralt on March 14, 2011

There are currently at least five works that are brewing on my easel. “The touch of the Shechina “, homage to Menachem Mizrachi. I have written about this painting quite extensively so I will not expand on it right now. “Old Synagogue”, a painting that I started two years ago in the corner of Frenkel [...]

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Dwarfs, goblins and elves

by joeralt on December 11, 2010

The eternal conflict between my need to write something profound and between the need to communicate with my audience, even if it’s an internal audience, creates a writer’s block which usually doesn’t last too long. There seems to be a parallel between my writing block and a reluctance to get moving with my painting. I [...]

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Children’s Art

by joeralt on April 25, 2010

I love children’s art .Once in a while I get to know a child that allows me to peek at their scribbling and doodles and I feel very privileged to be shown into their visual ideas. There is always much originality within the context of the known and well defined patterns.Love those bright colors and [...]

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Study for the Picki and the Rose

by joeralt on December 18, 2009

The weather has finally aligned with the season and it is getting colder all the time.Yesterday and today it’s totally grey and it is about to rain so, I decided it is a good time to continue my exploration of this portrait I have started of my girlfriend Esther. It is a pencil drawing that [...]

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