Current Exhibition

During the recent war in Israel, I witnessed a flower breaking through a stone wall in Jerusalem. My immediate reaction to the strength of this delicate flower inspired this new series of work, Can They See the Sky? When the Past Becomes Present, allowing me to put marks of hope and faith on canvas, during this heartbreaking time.

As I was painting, I learned that my granddaughter, Lily Courtney, was also working with oil on canvas, on the exact same theme, and asking similar questions to my own, can art express hope, light, and beauty during these dark times?

Binyamin Basteker, the Jerusalem-based artist renowned for his abstract interpretations of traditional Jewish themes, is being featured at Central Galleries, a full-service fine art gallery located in Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York.