Belonging Beyond Borders
April 2024 Hi friends, sorry for the long silence ! Lots of new ideas brewing... retreats here in Spain.. a podcast... two new Blurb books and more. “ Belonging Beyond Borders ” – new drawings, pints and Cyanotype images featured in Café Berlin 61, Órgiva, Andalucía, Spain from March - August 20234. My latest exhibition, “Belonging Beyond Borders,” explores the complex theme of finding a sense of belonging in a new land. The exhibition features original drawings, large scale prints of the drawings, Cyanotype prints, and collaged prints that delve into the struggles of uprooted people, including refugees, asylum seekers and adoptees, and pose poignant questions about leaving the past behind. My art is inspired by own almost 50 year search for myJewish / Lithuanian / Russian ancestry. In this latest work I'm examining what gets left behind during the transit and assimilation process, and what makes the feeling of being at home possible. I'm drawing on inspiration from t...