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The Judea Mountains Etchings
Between the purely optic gaze and its transmission on the paper something happens, something has to happen.
The surprise comes all at once, unlike drawing or painting. The paper is seen at once in its final state - this is the magic. Some of the surprise is created by "accidents", and these are often the point of departure for a new development. Sometimes the accidents are not interesting, but sometimes they are. For example, in the 1980s I drew the Judea Mountains in oils and water colors, and I was in despair. Each time anew it seemed to me like a Provence landscape - too gentle, colorful and pastoral, instead of the luminous light of the Judea Mountains. One day, I forgot the plate inside the acid. The result was black, and it was then that I discovered how luminous can black be. An accident or a surprise can result in illumination.
References: How Luminous Can Black Be: Ofer Lellouche in Conversation with Mordechai Omer Ofer Lellouche: On Painting from Nature |
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Texts and images © Ofer Lellouche  Design © Karina Pasternak |
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