My friends Rowan and Tyler each commissioned a tallit from me recently. They're both into blues and greens, saturated colors, and nature. Tyler's is going to have tree branches and leaves in a big pattern, and Rowan's will have the seven species (wheat, barley, grapes, dates, figs, pomegranates, and olives!) painted as though they were growing in a garden. I've gotten to work on the painting, so here's a little glimpse:
The first picture is the beginning of establishing the background. I wanted to evoke the look that you get when you take a picture of the sky and the sun glare appears as a cool, geometric white glow. The second one shows wheat and barley arcing up towards the sun, with the background blue and white swirls that make up the background (those are block printed, while the rest is painted).
