David Gerstein has always been fascinated with animals, and he incorporates them in his paintings as well as sculptures, from small to large outdoor installations.
From Birds to butterflies
David Gerstein has always been fascinated with animals, and he incorporates them in his paintings as well as sculptures, from small to large outdoor installations.
From Birds to butterflies
David Gerstein recently revealed brand new paintings from his studio near Jerusalem.
As a master painter first and foremost, Gerstein is recently returning to the love of his life, producing wonderful new paintings, oil on canvas, in various sizes and styles.
His themes move between nature,
David Gerstein has been hard at work in the past year, even though the surge of Covid-19 has changed the working methods, a large outdoor sculpture was able to be made in Taiwan by remote instructions. The sculpture, simply called Tornado, features an array of metal butterflies, mounted to a tornado
In a turbulent time, Amidst a global pandemic raging and an economic slowdown felt everywhere, David Gerstein had found some peace and quiet to work on his latest exhibition - U-Turn.
The exhibition, which opened July 9th, 2020, features brand new large scale paintings, taking Gerstein back to
David (Dudu) Gerstein was born in 1944 in Jerusalem to parents who immigrated from Poland. The family moved to Ramat Gan when he was four years old. Both he and his twin brother, Jonathan (Yoni) Gerstein, showed artistic talent from an early age. David's teacher, Batya Uziel, encouraged him to study painting. At the age of thirteen he was sent to a camp for the arts in Jerusalem, which he attended for several summers in a row. In high school, he took classes at the Beit Zvi Art Center in Ramat Gan with Rina Balktovsky Arnon. During his military service in the paratroopers he was stationed at Ein Gev for one year, where he painted a series of oils of fishing docks, boats and kibbutz landscape. While there, he met the artist Aharon Giladi, who encouraged him to pursue art. Upon completion of his military service, David applied to the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, where he met Avraham Ofek,[4] who had a marked influence on Gerstein's style.
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