Biblical
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Genesis, 26 x 18 x 6 inches, acrylic on sculpted canvas, 2023
1:31 And God saw every thing that God had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Bechukotai Blessings
Bechukotai Curses
Blessings and curses are mentioned in the bible / Torah; in this case they focus on rain. Blessings, curses, and rain are all open to interpretation; while good for one, they may be bad for another. These paintings show the process of opening ourselves: the more we open ourselves to divine energy coming down to us, the more we are open to positive interpretations of events.
Tabernacle Samaritan
Tabernacle Jewish
36 x 30 x 4 inches, acrylic on venetian blinds, 2022
"Focusing on the parallel paths taken by Samaritans and Jews, in “Tabernacles” Yona Verwer sets imagery drawn from Samaritan Tabernacle drawings in conversation with medieval Jewish depictions of the Tabernacle. She printed her two tabernacles on a vertical blind, so that each could be seen to varying degrees simultaneously— or separately." - Steven Fine, Curator, Samaritans, a Biblical People.
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