General Description:
A stunning contemporary oil painting from Yossi Yossel (biography below).

Using his signature technique Yossel presents us with vigorous saturation of colors and depth to his many layers of paint.

Yossel's use of colors unites the painting in a magical, serene spirit; his shapes and landscapes seem to extend this expression smoothly. Yossel's talent in conjuring up a world of slightly alternative gravity and light is obvious and in this painting in particular he manages to deliver this while staying grounded in a plausible view, perhaps nostalgic, towards how the Judean desert might look like if it was not a desert.

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Technique:
Yossell uses the highest quality oil paints on earth - Old Holland - using the time honored Dutch techniques - on genuine linen.

Linen is much stronger and durable than what is usually referred to "canvas" - which is actually Cotton fabric, not true linen.

In addition, Linen preserves the oil paint film in a superior form, preventing cracks and yellowing thus insuring the painting as a wise long term investment.

The use of semi-transparent and glazing techniques over a number of layers of paint produces optical depth and saturation which cannot be achieved otherwise.

The surface is highly reflective and professionally varnished, please consider this when viewing the photographs.

Materials & Medium:
Old Holland Oil Paints on Stretched Linen Canvas (unframed).

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The Artist:

Born Tel-Aviv and lives in Ramat Gan.
Has been painting since childhood and studied at what now is known as the Kalisher school of Art as well as being self-taught.


Selected Exhibitions:

1974 Yael Gallery, Ramat Ha'Sharon
1975 Schulze Theller Gallery - Munster, Germany
1976 - Bruno Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1977 - International Art Fair - Tel Aviv
1979 - Herzliya Museum, Israel
1983 - Bodo, Norway
1983 - Smia Gallery, Homannsbyen, Oslo, Norway
1985 - Kibbutz Na'an
1997 - Ha'Adam Ve'hachay Museum, Ramat Gan
1998 - Tova Osman gallery, Tel-Aviv

The paintings we present here are contemporary and belong to his most mature technique.