Orly Wachtel

Oil & Watercolour Artist

About

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Being an artist, especially painter take me back to my earliest childhood. It was the strongest desire I had since I could remember.

I was born in Israel at the early sixties and lived here most of my life.

My art adventure started to be a full time job since 2014. After years of art experiences in various frameworks: drawing, acrylic painting and oil painting, print, etc. I fell in love with watercolor. The vibrancy and fluidness of the medium, the slow work and the patience it requires, the magic that happens every time a color is introduced into another color, or water… In the work process there is a tension between flow and control that I particularly like. I study by myself and get a lot of inspiration from the media.

Mostly I am drawn to botanical painting and everything related to nature, landscape, still life, Flora and Fauna. Our world is rapidly developing in a digital-technological direction, the “natural world” is moving away from the human experience. It becomes almost a nostalgic concept. The botanical painting enables a view that is zoomed in to nature.

Drawing a flower is a journey of miraculous discovery into the secrets of creation, the mathematical, geometrical complexity, the functionality of design, the textures and the magnificent colors, fascinates me every time anew.

I have participated in several exhibitions including at Petach-Tikva Cultural Center, Jaffa Art Gallery and Art Gallery Natalie Grossman.

Thank you for stopping for a moment, hoping you enjoy what you see.

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