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Every day I am astounded by the perfection of Creation: the world, nature, humans, all that was, that is and that will be. Creation is a combination of the hidden and the revealed. We are occupied with the revelation of the hidden and thus contribute minutely to this wonderful world. It is this need that drives me to paint. At times, the expression is complex and at others minimal – but always a deep expression of emotions.

Facing a white canvas poses a special challenge. As an artist, I am not a substitute for a camera. I draw from nature – seek through painting that which is granted by Nature in order to discover the hidden elements not detected by the ordinary eye. My tools of quest are observation, color, shade, and composition. My means are the endless variations of light and shadow, atmosphere, and emotion. This massive wealth I translate to the canvas and present to the viewer. Every being of creation sings its unique daily praise; so too, through the paints and the canvas the artist within me reveals the wonders of creation, the “visible” and the “invisible”. In every object, I see Nature speaking to me in a language that only I understand.


I am an abstract artist. Painting is my speech. In my unique language, using the tools and techniques that I have perfected, I observe and explore and create works whose source is rooted in Creation. The end result conveys to the world an emotional experience. The language of abstraction allows me to express without words – words are the expression of the finite. The richness of nature is infinite. Abstraction aspires to the infinite; the dwelling of perfection.

Facing the work is the observer whose vision and feelings differ from mine. This observation perceives in the painting a unique narrative, not necessarily that which I intended. This too was created directly by the influence of creation. I am simply a tool.

Beginning in 1985, while living in NY, Jared was a very successful photographer of celebrities, and deeply engrossed in the art scene of the period. He frequented art exhibitions, most notably those of Basquiat’s work and was intrigued by his unique use of symbols and text to portray his personal narrative. He would visually discuss his family heritage, social topics of the period, police brutality, slavery and other issues of importance to his people. “He had this unique ability to access everything that was in his mind and memory bank… and put it on the canvas”.

To better grasp Jared’s work, we need a minimal understanding of the visual language used by Basquiat. Jared has adapted several symbols that are characteristic of Basquiat’s language: However, Jared uses these symbols not with the same meaning that Basquiat would, rather he adds his own meaning and expression.

For example, Basquiat would make use of human form or distorted form to emphasize his point. In the painting entitled The Beating of Michael Stuart the police officers were portrayed as non-human rectangular forms, while the victim, Michael Stuart was painted as a solid black, human form.

Jared portrays our inner spirit, one of conflict, concern, hope, etc. He is less concerned with the outer aesthetics rather he attempts to portray the inner. It is for this reason that he chose the chicken, a colloquial expression for one who is afraid. The form is tangible and approachable. “Anyone can paint that!” The painting Inner Chicken perhaps best illustrates this concept. Here we see our inner voice, a beautiful, pure, innocent chicken. The blue image on one hand has a huge smile, yet his hands are raised as if to say ‘I’m giving up”. The viewer is challenged to address the conflict between our inner voice (yetser hatov) and our exterior desires (yetser hara).

"One of the main obstacles that a novice painter encounters when he comes to paint from observation is a conceptual conflict. This is because everything is actually made up of two things: meaning, and substance. The mind, refers to the word through its meaning for us, and not through its materiality. And therefore the painter gives an iconic interpretation of what he sees, which is not compatible with reality. It takes a lot of hours of training to teach the brain to separate these two things and pass on to the painter the relevant information for the painting, which is the material interpretation only." (From the artist's talk)

4worldlovers: Menucha Page Fine Art, sold in fine art galleries and out of her historic studio gallery in the historic Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem near the Machaneh Yehuda Market combines ancient themes from traditional Jewish sources in the Torah with modern techniques, including painting, sculpture, metalwork, and photography to combine the ancient with the contemporary and modern in exploring our relationship with the Divine.