JOY's ART: February 2012

Art Assorted Mediums
by Joy

Fruit Carving for Tu'B'Shvat

Cantaloupes and radishes do not grow on trees, I know.

Read separate full illustrated story about cantaloupe:

http://joys-prose.blogspot.com/2007/02/ceci-nest-pas-une-cantaloupe.html

This was the only time I'd carved a cantaloupe.

I had carved watermelons for baskets.

Tools were similar to those I'd used in wood carving and biology classes.

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Ceci n'est pas une cantaloupe

Cantaloupe Carving

Got Milk?

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Portrait of Aviva, masked.

I shot and developed photo in dark room, and hand-colored pink mask.

I learned to appreciate hand color in the sixties from my mother, z'l.

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Porcelain Plate

Painted by Joy, member of American Ceramics Society, in workshop.

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Ceramic Tile Painting

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Very first woodcut and print 1968

sketched from my very first ceramic pots 1968

wheel, lid, hand-built

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Bears Focus on 'Fear No Art'

Joy's Bear Button Collection

Scrapbook

My first attempt at decorating/framing each photo to enhance the album pages' presentation.

A loving gift I created and gave to friends in the photos, the Klaristenfelds.

I created these pages of their family, a couple months after my husband, z'l, died, 2006.

For a couple sessions, I went to WeSpark, a cancer support community.

WeSpark was the only place I felt comfortable,

and this was the first art project (out of love) I was able to do while in mourning, in grief.

As a Caregiver Angel Warrior for years, my art making had been delayed.

by Joy Krauthammer ©

EXODUS HEALING

G*d playing Timbrel of Miriyahm

crossing the Yahm Suf

Torn Paper

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Digital Art

When I bought my iMac and then my MacBookPro a couple years ago, I didn't have an interest in creating digital art because I could use colored markers and paper. Now I use PhotoShop CS5 and it IS fun exploring and making personal gifts for others on my iMac, as well as decorating my personal 80 + websites.

Ivdu Et HaShem B'Simcha

Joy Krauthammer ©

Mogen Dovid concept and photos

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Joy's Shoe Palace

8 photo montage composite

Ducks 1+ composite at Getty fountain

for Image Poetry Group challenge

A B C, 1 2 3 composite in learning tree

for Image Poetry Group challenge

Happy Mother's Day

photos and collage by Joy

Happy Mother's Day greeting

created by Joy Krauthammer ©

Orchids belongs to sister.

Happy Father's Day greeting

created by Joy Krauthammer ©

Orchids belongs to sister.

I love creating purple Joy art!

Hmm, is that tube shape a donut, a bagel, earring, or a frame drum I love to play?

or is it the wheel of a favorite vehicle with Joy reflected in its shiny metal?

LET GO LET ART

Looking through bottle bottom

MORE DIGITAL ART

Learning Photoshop CS5's apps, with instruction, I created many pieces.

The CITY buildings were probably done partially in Illustrator and then moved into Photoshop to add the photos. (I've never used Illustrator since...)

For hours and hours, I drew all the lines in perspective to create buildings. Each wall side is separate composed with 4 lines, and each angled individually for perspective as I imagine it, like an architect. I colored my building. I then added real building photos to MY buildings to create facades. Here's one I found from years ago, pre-facades.

An earlier project I did with both Illustrator and Photoshop is "Joy's Fantasy Room ~ There's No Place Like Home", posted else-where on this site.

This project was so frustrating that most of the remaining students finally quit, and the school cancelled the class because of only a few remaining students. Why didn't they hire a proper Grapics computer teacher instead of a music teacher after they fired the prior nasty Graphics teacher? Finally the entire computer program with 30 Apples and lots of classes was shut down. Wish I had a live local Photoshop class. Apple won't teach Photoshop!

LA SKY

© Joy Krauthammer

Card to Mark Bookman on retirement

Illustrator and PhotoShop

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Another learning piece I did was to create a flyer for the school's computer class.

I used images, and created the layout and test.

I thought this came out well, and personally delivered it to the school's principal.

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Painted Path

River of Light

Kabbalistic Sephirotic River of Light © Joy Krauthammer

Happy Birthday Maya
© Joy Krauthammer

Painted Path details

River of Light

upper left
© Joy Krauthammer

Psalm 46:4 There is a River whose streams make glad the City of G*d.

Psalm 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

Genesis 2:10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden;
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Haftarat Yom Kippur
Isaiah. 57:14

"G*d says, 'Pave a road, pave a road. Lift up the obstacle from my people's path."

The prophet exhorts us in G*d's name to pave a road of goodness and proper behavior, and to lift up the obstacle placed in our path by the Evil Inclination. - Stone Chumash

"Teach us to count our days,
that we can attain a heart of wisdom." - Psalm 90:10
© Joy Krauthammer

Kindness, Beauty and Light

Canby, Oregon 2014

This Is The Day

Psalm 118:24

"My soul sings praise to Thee endlessly, and I give thanks to You always."

- Psalm 30:13

"G*d is my light and my salvation." - Psalm 27:1 "Hashem Ori v’Yish’i"

Jacaranda

http://joys-favorite-fotos.blogspot.com/2013/12/clouds-of-glory-2-rainbow-sunrise-sunset.html

"As water reflects one's face,

so to the heart of one to another. "

Proverbs 27:19

ELUL

The King and Queen Are In The Field

Crying Wailing Tears

joy & quiet B'SEDER

card for Eve

Crying Wailing Tears

joy & quiet All OK

card for Eve

Crying Wailing Tears

May Mayim Chayim Comfort

card for Eve

Ribono Shel Olam

3 Pomegranates

Exhibited Creative Soul Gallery

L'Shana Tova

Pomegranate Tree of Life Sephirat

JOY Pomegranate Seeds

May you be blessed to experience Divine JOY during Sukkot.

"Be joyful at your Feast." - Deut. 16:14

JOY Pomegranate Seeds

May you be blessed to experience Divine Joy IN YOUR SUKKAH

"Be joyful at your Feast." - Deut. 16:14

Pomegranate Seeds Heart

Pomegranate Heart

POM & PALM

Chag Sameach

The schach of a kosher sukkah serves as the medium through which we absorb supernal wisdom and understanding. - Arizal

Mazal Tov composite card to Lewis Mishpucha

Happy Birthday

expanded 'smudge' collage

Happy Birthday

collage

Placemats of Edith's Garden

Happy Birthday

Visualized and Created by Joy

In Honor of Loved Ones

Candle that had been my mother's, z"l, in 1960's and used for her yahrzeit after 1969 death.

Rose in dear friend Irwin's garden and also moon at time of death.

Beloved Friend, BFF

Beloved Friend, Rena

Father of friend Rina

Most Beloved and lost

Silk painting by

In Memory Of Chabad's Valley Chief Rabbi Gordon

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EXODUS

Timbrel of Miriyahm

crossing the Yahm Suf

Torn Paper

by Joy Krauthammer ©

MORE JUDAICA

SILK PAINTINGS

Miriyahm and the Women Dancing With Their Timbrels

silk painting

learned with Smadar

Miriyahm and the Women Dancing With Their Timbrels and Dove

silk painting for Pesach pillowcase

Miriyahm and the Women published in:

"The Shalom Report"

illustrates:

"The Looooong Narrow Pharaoh and The Midwives Who Gave Birth to Freedom"
by Rabbis Phyllis Ocean Berman and Arthur Ocean Waskow

Timbrel of Miriyahm Dancing Through Kriyat Yahm Suf

silk painting

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Timbrel of Miriyahm, Shabbat Shira, Torah Parsha Beshalach

Self-Portrait in freedom, in the beginning.

Silk Heart

Joy Krauthammer ©

LEV Heart Art

silk painting for Pesach pillowcase

Published in: The Creative Soul site "ART FOR THE SOUL, Jewish Artists Reflect".

May 2013

http://www.chabad.org/blogs/blog_cdo/aid/2231188/jewish/G-d-Loves-You.htm

Poem for LEV HEART ART was published in Kol ALEPH, online journal.

http://kolaleph.org/2013/06/05/kol-aleph-presents-words-to-inspire/
A Kol ALEPH Feature: Words to Inspire

June 5, 2013 issue

"This lovely bit of poetry by Joy Krauthammer inspired us when we had a long day at the office!" - Kol ALEPH

http://joys-art.blogspot.com/2009/12/published-art.html

G*d Loves Me

Outlining a radiant heart

to fill with intense red and purple

is exciting to me.

Freely splashing water

and wildly brushing layers of color onto silk

is satisfying for me.

A frosting of salty tears

add surprise and a magical marbling finale.

With a bit of a broken heart

I dance on silk, knowing

G*d loves me.

- Joy Krauthammer

Simchat Chochmah ~ Joy of Wisdom

silk painting

learned with Smadar

by Joy Krauthammer ©

(I have a good time painting on silk and using salt.)

Sherri Celebrates Simchat Chochmah

Silk art used as program cover for Simchat Chochmah

by Joy Krauthammer ©

EXODUS TIMBRELS

Miriyahm & the Women

crossing the Yahm Suf

painting

by Joy Krauthammer ©

POMEGRANATES

Garden of Gila

by Joy Krauthammer ©

Perek Shira 3:4 The Pomegranate Is Singing

"Your cheeks are like a piece of Pomegranate behind your veil." (Song of Songs 4:3)

(Published in R. Arthur Segal's Jewish Spiritual Renewal, Song of Nature)

POMEGRANATE STAR

by Joy Krauthammer ©

SHANA TOVA

G'mar Chatima Tova / A good Sealing in the Book of Life

JOY's HANDS

JOY'S Purple FEET

self-portrait

Visting the Women's Surrealism exhibit, LACMA

more FEET Self-Portraits:

http://joys-fun-fotos.blogspot.com

JOY'S Purple FEET

self-portrait

Visting the Caravaggio exhibit, LACMA

JOY'S FACE

The Secret to Life is Enjoying the Passage of Time

Gift for couple Marilyn and Mike Berger

The title of art is the theme of a party that Marilyn hosted.

The theme is painted also onto a clock I own by STIX.

At 65th birthday party for Marilyn, her brother took this photo of me holding my gift.

Sadly, Marilyn died shortly after after courageously braving long illness.

Marilyn's, z'l, Yahrzeit is 22 Shvat.

I treasure my memories of this loving, generous Jewish woman, Marilyn,

and I regularly visit her grave.

Tissue Art Jar

Torn Tissue JOY ma page collage

Torn Tissue JOY collage

Soul Collage Card Composite

Water in Chinese collage

for World Water Day 3.22.17

Eve said, "I lost my marbles"

and I said, "I found them".

Joy's childhood marbles

Silk Scarf

Seek Peace and Pursue it.

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MOVIES

You Tubes by Joy

These first 2 UTubes created from photos (slide shows) make me happy to view them.
I hope you enjoy them. See links below for all.

The third You Tube is a real video with my original sound.
Ripple Reflections #2 (my 4th You Tube) is filmed over many days, and during different times of day and is longer for a longer meditation.

Ripple Reflections #2 and Floating Flowers is my first Trailer!

Ripple Reflections 2 screen shots from 9:20 minutes video

Meditation Tribute to friend Edith and her pool.

Edith & Hachiyah Persimmon Drying with Joy

Tribute to friend Edith, the Gardener

screen shot from 2:30 movie of stills

"PERSIMMON Drying" You Tube by Joy Krauthammer

Edith & Hachiyah Persimmon Drying with Joy 2:31

by Joy Krauthammer, Joy to the World

11/1/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J023-ZFfCpM

"PERSIMMON Drying" You Tube by Joy Krauthammer

is published in Persimmon Tree, Spring 2012,

an Online Magazine of the Arts by Women Over Sixty.

Take a look and enjoy the magazine.

http://www.persimmontree.org

Direct link:

http://www.persimmontree.org/articles/Issue21/articles/JoyKrauthammer_PersimmonDrying.php

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"Happy Chanukah" 1:35

by Joy Krauthammer, Joy to the World, 2011

12/9/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGPO9i8xtE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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Meditation Movies

"RIPPLE REFLECTIONS 1" - 2 min

You Tube by Joy Krauthammer

http://youtu.be/mDpNuzo8jqY

My very first MOVIE, and with original sound and on UTube.

Sept. 2012, Elul 5772
A Shehecheyanu moment.

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS #2 With Joy - 9 min

http://youtu.be/fFSnnHC2_7M

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS #2 & Floating Flowers Trailer - 1 min

http://youtu.be/4NQpbtbFAeI

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS #2 With Joy - 9 min
http://vimeo.com/53791819
(This link changes and one may have to be a Vimeo member (free) to view movies.)

My second iMovie, RR #2, and with original sound and nature is published on Vimeo and also You Tube.
Vimeo says their members "are intelligent and creative people." :)
Nov. 19, 2012, Kislev 5773
(I like the gematria of 19. Oneness.)
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CITYSCAPES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRqJ0w4WXs