So, I’m having dinner earlier this year with an inspirational friend who is an art historian and religious scholar and somehow we happened upon the topic of the Exodus – you know, Moses leading the Israelites to freedom from bondage in Egypt. Probably had something to do with her passionate interest in Jewish art. It was a spirited and enlightening conversation. So, then I show her some of my more recent artworks and these images, which I had originally titled “tire tracks on the beach” – imaginative wouldn’t you say? – impressed her the most; to the point of requesting that she present them to her art history class as an example of contemporary Jewish art.

More importantly, as we talked about my life around the time I created these images, the metaphor of liberation kept presenting itself and it then became clearly apparent that these images have come to represent my own personal exodus into a new, different and hopefully more fulfilling life. Hence the new vision for these images and the new titles. Hope you enjoy.