Symmetry, oil on linen, 17×44 inches.

Hard to find an image that really reflects the strong impact of the painting.  But if you would like to see it larger, click on the photo.

Hope you like it!

oil on canvas, 11×14 inches

A friend was asking the meaning of one of my paintings.  Sacred Love- it currently resides at The Ettinger Gallery.
Sacred Love is based on the painting by Titian- Sacred and Profane Love- Amor Sacro e Amor Profano.  In the Titian painting it has been up for debate which of the two women depicted is representing the sacred or the profane love. It was first assumed the woman in the white wedding dress was the sacred and the nude woman was the profane.
I believe the nude women seated on the fountain is the sacred one.  She is on the right side of the canvas, as apposed to the left- in Italian, La Sinistra- the sinister.  The nude female on the right side is also higher with her arm lifted up, closer to heaven,.
I included a plum fruit in my painting. Fruit in general symbolizes our corporal desires, our earthly pleasures.  And the vessel in the center is a symbol I often use.  Vessels are protective containers for delicate and special earthly objects that one highly values.  Objects that a person might even consider close to the divine.  It also represents the mothers womb. The introvert in me also loves the idea of something being able to hide-out in there!
In terms of composition I used part of the image from the Titian painting (the image of sacred love) in the above right corner to reflect and draw the viewers eye to the vessel, as if the personification of sacred love is looking inside.

Dear friend- I hope this sheds some light on the subject!

I’ll be showing new still life paintings with Jeffrey T Larson and Steven J Levin.  Opening is this Saturday August 4th from 5-7pm- if your on the Cape stop in-I’ll be there.

Trees Place Rt. 6A at 28 Orleans, MA

I will be a panelist at BIFAS, Saturday, November 19th, 3-4 pm, at the Cyclorama. I was honored when asked to join this intriguing discussion.  It is moderated by two national magazine editors and popular BIFAS presenters:  Joshua Rose of American Art Collector and Peter Trippi of Fine Art Connoisseur.

Other panelists are

Julie Bangert, Gallery Director, Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Ives Hunter, Executive Director, Cape Cod Museum of Art   
Stapleton Kearns, Artist, New Hampshire

Discussion will be:

Shaping the Present: Realist Art Then and Now

For years, people have been saying realist art is coming back.  Judging from its growing visibility and the mushrooming of realist art schools nationwide, it’s more accurate to say it’s here.  How are top contemporary realist artists inspired or informed by their historical counterparts?  Is it wise to collect today’s realist artists when many museums and critics are reluctant to highlight them?  

This is a very in depth blog titled, “Roberta on the Arts” operated by Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower.  It follows events and “things to do” in and around NYC and Chicago.   A great resource.

She recently visited the Spring Salon Exhibit, which I am participating in, at Eleanor Ettinger Gallery- here is a link to her review.

Eleanor Ettinger Spring Salon Review by Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower

Here is a link to an article coming out this week in the Jewish Journal - Dana Levin Portrait of an Artist.

Also, here is a pdf version.

dana-levin-portrait-of-an-artist-the-jewish-journal-boston-north.pdf