"Thantaos" is the name of the Greek God of death. Psychoanalysts, however, have adopted the term to refer to the Freudian "death instinct," as a shorthand for human destructiveness. The paintings in this series each use biblical or historical narrative material to explore an aspect of humanity's relationship to destructiveness and death.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Study for A Holocaust Chapel
Monday, December 19, 2016
Kristallnacht: The Exile of the Sabbath Queen
Kristallnacht: The Exile of the Sabbath Queen
Aquarelle Drawing 19" x 25"
This aquarelle study was made using a live model and a photograph of the destruction of a Frankfurt synagogue on Kristallnacht, in November, 1838.
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