Last week’s column dealt with the exceptionally cold weather that hit Israel that brought along with it the rare phenomenon of snow! One of the reasons for which I enjoy working on this weekly column, is for its moody nature.  Artzi writes in an associative, poetic style, which invites me to express my mood in parallel to […]

As I have shied away from my blog last week, I am here to pay my dues. Last week Artzi wrote about wondering and decision taking. Amongst the themes he chose to bring about, is a translation to hebrew of the American poet Robert Frost’s (1874–1963) poem : The Road Not Taken. Here is a link to both the […]

This week I was particularly touched by  Artzi’s text. So, here is the paragraph that I’ve elected to relate to in my illustration: A date in the dark, Shlomo Artzi All Israeli journalists and commentators tried last week to capture the average Israeli soul in a single metaphor. It’s hard because the Israeli psyche consists […]

Last week, in his column  Shlomo Artzi wrote about the nature of the spoken word. The role it plays in our lives end the wide array of consequences it may evoke. I took it as an invitation for a literal representation of the birth of the spoken word. The small illustration refers to a lovely paragraph in the text, referring to […]

The looming election is an inevitable burning material for Artzi’s weekly column. Amongst other qualities mentioned, he writes about his yearning for a leader who would govern and be governed by his heart. The spot illustration relates to an iconic figure, in one of Artzi’s iconic song the: Political beats. I simply couldn’t resist the […]

Here are this week’s illustrations for Artzi.

A weekly pulse of illustration of more than twenty years did not cease to exist with Yair’s departure. The energy invested in illustrating his column has now been diverted to accompany the words of yet another colossal Israeli icon: Shlomo Artzi. Artzi’s columns was forwarded to the opening page of Yedioth’s weekend supplement and I am more than proud to share this canvas with him now. I am curious […]

It did not snow in Tel Aviv in the past few days, yet it was freezing cold. Inspired by the cold, Shlomo Artzi in his column quoted the following life lesson: Once there was a bird that waited too long to fly south for the winter. It got caught in a winter storm and landed […]

Keep the love, whether you are under the weather or not Forecasts are showing a menacing tempest on its way to our shores. Brace and embrace yourselves! There’s no better time like a sore to cuddle up!

This week Shlomo Artzi’s column summoned me through his words, to a meeting with the War of Attrition (‘Hatasha’ in Hebrew). The work on the illustration led me to view photographed testimonies from the war, and to study its history. I remained battered by the stories of that war. The terrible pain dwells in the […]

It was when I finished and sent the illustration above, for Shlomo Artzi’s column, that I remembered a drawing I did for my dear friend, Amir way back in 2014, here below:

From Shlomo Artzi’s weekly column in Yedioth Acharonot.

From Shlomo Artzi’s weekly column. Yedioth Aharonot

The world was on the verge of releasing a sigh of relief. I was left with the strong sense of the damage caused the American nation following the campaign, so I focused on that in my illustration for Artzi’s column. At the time I was drawing, this was the only thing that carried the quality […]

We all seem to recognize our limits and limitations in the outside world, yet we find it more difficult to observe our own limitations and the hurdles we provide ourselves on our way to fulfill our own potential. These two images accompanied Shlomo Artzis weekly column, writing about Ehud Olmert. Former Israeli prime minister and […]