Bottles 2010 - by Chanan Mazal
Originally uploaded by Mazalart / Chanan Mazal
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Self Portrait as Starving Artist
self portrait as starving artist
Originally uploaded by Mazalart / Chanan Mazal
Oil, early 2010, two short sessions
Self Portrait as the Statue of Liberty
Self Portrait as the Statue of Liberty
Originally uploaded by Mazalart / Chanan Mazal
Oil, Spring 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Gouache is the Cinderella of painting media. So versatile and so underestimated. Unlike the previous post, with works on canvas, these colors look accurate, at least on my screen.
The bowl was painted in June, and the bottles in October. The latter has since been interpreted in canvas. Both began with wild, quick yellow green brushstrokes, covering the entire frame.
Original gouache paintings by Jerusalem artist Chanan Mazal
Monday, July 19, 2010
Cypress Trees - by Chanan Mazal
Originally uploaded by Mazalart / Chanan Mazal
This painting signed the beginning of a very productive few weeks before my recent trip to the USA. I investigated approaches to this cypress tree theme, over and over. My ulterior motive for posting this again, is that it is a link to my flickr.com page. Links are supposed to be good for Google results, so I wish myself search engine success.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Cypress Trees - Acrylic on Canvas, by Jerusalem artist Chanan Mazal.
ברושים בשדות - ציור אקרילי של האומן הירושלמי חנן מזל
My first larger painting of Cypress trees on canvas. Based on my first gouache painting of this series, it was created in calmness. The trees and fields have inverted color perspectives. The trees are lighter, warmer and purer in the foreground, the fields are the opposite. This confuses our perception of depth, flattening the image. Distance is restored by both the decrease in size of the far trees and their placement on the top of the canvas.
My subsequent paintings in this series became more expressive, freely painted and layered. Even wild.
My first larger painting of Cypress trees on canvas. Based on my first gouache painting of this series, it was created in calmness. The trees and fields have inverted color perspectives. The trees are lighter, warmer and purer in the foreground, the fields are the opposite. This confuses our perception of depth, flattening the image. Distance is restored by both the decrease in size of the far trees and their placement on the top of the canvas.
My subsequent paintings in this series became more expressive, freely painted and layered. Even wild.
Old Farmer with his Date Palms
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Bronx Crossing - Original gouache painting by Jerusalem Artist Chanan Mazal.
An emigrant's childhood memory of going to visit his Grandmas in the Old Neighborhood: Carsick in the back seat of the 1956 Oldsmobile; admiring the George Washington Bridge; Mickey Mouse' water tower, and loosing my hearing, while bumping over the cobblestones under the screeching Jerome Ave El train.
ציור גואש מקורי של חנן מזל, ירושליםזכרון ילדות
46 x 61 cm (18" x 24") on 100% cotton Arches paper
Farewell to the Old Country - by Chanan Mazal
זיי געזונט, דער אלטער הייםGeorge Washington Bridge, with the world's largest US flag on the New Jersey tower, and the Little Red Lighthouse (ah, memories of kindergarten) surviving under the NY tower.
Original gouache painting by Jerusalem Artist Chanan Mazal. 46 x 61 cm (18" x 24")
ציור גואש מקורי של חנן מזל, ירושלים. זכרון ילדות
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Gouache 26 x 36 cm, by Chanan Mazal
Once again, I used my recurring symbols of olive trees, the round, teraced Judean Hills, the walls of Old Jerusalem and a flat yellow-orange sky, to experiment with patterns rhythms and enlivening musty colors. Alas, even after photoshopping, the colors are off.)
ציור גואש מקורי של חנן מזל, ירושלים
Ink Drawings
25 years ago, I knew that that india ink was my medium, but never devoted myself to it. I find the expressiveness of the flexible quill, and the warm black washes, to be close to my soul. And it is much less expensive than psychotherapy.
Back then, in my foolish youth, I used rapidographs - fixed thickness technical pens, for drawing. How awfull!
The model was set up by others in my drawing class and had a lot of drama: A somewhat androgynous wooden doll ( I made it more girlish) an rather overly macho plaster cast, and an umbrella handle.
My first ever drawing using white ink. Next time I will dilute the ink more. I wanted to redarken sections with black ink - but ran out of time.
25 years ago, I knew that that india ink was my medium, but never devoted myself to it. I find the expressiveness of the flexible quill, and the warm black washes, to be close to my soul. And it is much less expensive than psychotherapy.
Back then, in my foolish youth, I used rapidographs - fixed thickness technical pens, for drawing. How awfull!
The model was set up by others in my drawing class and had a lot of drama: A somewhat androgynous wooden doll ( I made it more girlish) an rather overly macho plaster cast, and an umbrella handle.
My first ever drawing using white ink. Next time I will dilute the ink more. I wanted to redarken sections with black ink - but ran out of time.
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