Location: Israel
Tel. +97225332290
Cell +972507457735
email: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com
https://esther-newmancohen.pixels.com
Esther Newman-Cohen is a highly creative Israeli-based artist. She engages in a wide range of artistic activity, including drawing, painting and woodcarving. Her subjects range from abstract to realistic portraits and landscapes of Israel, done in a variety of media – pencil, ink, aquarelle, soft and oil pastels, acrylic and oil. Her style ranges from impressionist to expressionist to realistic to abstract, depending on the artist's interpretation of the subject.
Esther Newman-Cohen grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds five academic degrees. She graduated from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York where she also attended the Art Students' League. After moving to Israel, she graduated from the Hebrew University with a BA in law and a doctorate in International Relations. While raising her family and teaching law, she attended art classes at the Israel Museum (with Rori Allweiss and Tami Bezaleli) and the Popular University (with Eli Niago and Chava Epstein). In the past four years she has studied wood sculpturing with Jack Goodman of Moshav Neve Ilan. She is currently a member of the Mevaseret Zion Artist Association and participates weeky in the Motsa group of artists.
Solo Exhibitions
Jan.1989 L'Alliance Française, Jerusalem, "The Women of Jerusalem"
April-May 1992 Gerard Behar Theater, Jerusalem, "Flowers and Landscapes of Jerusalem"
Feb. 2008 Botanical Garden, Jerusalem, "Flowers: A Love Story"
June 2013 Israeli Opera House, Tel Aviv, "My Flower Garden"
Nov. 2014 Jerusalem Theater, "The Symphony of Flowers"
Collective Exhibitions
Nov. 1984 Laromme Hotel, Jerusalem
May 1988 The Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem
May-June 1989 The Jerusalem Festival at the Jerusalem Theater
July 2013 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Moshav Neve Ilan
July 2014 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion
July 2015 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion
July 2016 Wood Sculpture Exhibit, Magash Mevaseret Zion
August 2014 "Mus[e]ic" at the Jerusalem Theater
October 2014 "Changes" at the Green House, Tel Aviv University
August 2016 "Mus[e]ic" at the Jerusalem Theater
Esther's artwork can be viewed at the following website:
Esther-newmancohen.pixels.com
Art is the driving force behind everything I enjoy doing – whether drawing, painting, singing, dancing, playing the piano or writing poetry. It is my God-given creative energy. Through it I express my feelings about reality.
I am an Israeli artist. To me that means that my work is centered around my experiences in Israel – the scenes I see, the people I observe, but also by the history of the Jewish people and figures from the Bible - old olive trees, thorn bushes and cacti, old people, young men and women, Oriental Jews, Arabs, landscapes from Jerusalem to the Negev to the Dead Sea, the Arava and the Sea of Galilee. These were the subject matter of my first two solo art exhibits. Another series on Exodus and Redemption tells the history of modern Israel.
Israel is a war-torn zone with violence and acts of terrorism a fact of life. One of the topics I have dealt with is that of grief, taking as a starting point mothers and fathers who have lost their children in wars. I express my angst through my art, portraying Israelis in mourning at the gravesites of soldiers. Other difficult topics I have dealt with are the Holocaust, the civil wars in Rwanda and the Congo, the Ethiopian exodus and the role of women.
But my heart longs for the brighter side of life. Two of my solo art exhibits centered around the motif of flowers. In my floral paintings I have always attempted to achieve the maximum perfection of beauty.
I want my art to create a story, to communicate. If I paint a portrait, I wish it to express a certain mood or meaning – how the subject feels about his/her life. My subjects are taken from everyday life in Israel - the divorcee, the Yemenite woman who still believes her child was kidnapped, the Holocaust survivor, the Hassidic grandmother with a baby, the Holocaust survivor, the student-mother, a 91 year-old woman, poor Russian immigrants and women in a nursing home. I have also created a series of portraits based on biblical characters – Deborah, Gideon, Moses, Nimrod, Miriam, Dinah, Jonah, Jacob, and another series based on Greek mythological characters – Jocasta, Ariadne, Penelope, Cassandra, Chloris, Persephone and Orestiad.
An unusual series I created "deconstructs" Picasso in an attempt to create original compositions using his paintings as building materials. Based on the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, the idea was to create new concepts and meaning, e.g., women and musicians, the sigh of the wounded , women sad and betrayed, seduction and rage, sleep and fantasy.
I am a highly intuitive artist, my technique responding to the nature of the subject before me. I can produce work that is very painstakingly in its exactness - as in my flower paintings - and other work that is totally abstract – wildly created at the spur of the moment. For many years I worked in graphite, soft pastels, india and sepia ink, oil pastels, watercolor and mixed media. In the last four years I have done floral paintings and portraits in watercolor and oils and make wood sculpture.
My wood sculpture deals with a wide range of topics – The Fallen Soldier, The Wandering Jew, The Dancing Girl, I am Woman, Yin and Yang, Ode to a Guitar, The Jewish Nose, Womb and Ovaries, Motherhood, The Sheep Not Shorn, Dance of Escape and The Woman Totem.
My art is poetry in line, space and color. It is my psyche that speaks in many languages, whether figurative or non-figurative. My images are fed my experience as a person, an Israeli, a feminist, a humanist, a teacher, a mother and a grandmother.
“Spring Flowers in a Brown Basket”
Spring Flowers in a Brown Basket, Aquarelle, 2011, 65x50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in. This is an original signed work painted by Esther Newman-Cohen.
The images in this portfolio are still life florals painted in watercolor by the noted Israeli artist Esther Newman Cohen. If you are interested in any work, please Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Tinkerbells and Duckies, Aquarelle, 2012, 45.7 x 61 cm., 18 x 24 in. This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper. The title hints at the artist's fantasy world, using the flowers in the bouquet and the ducks on the ceramic vase, to create a highly creative still life.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Childlike Flowers, Aquarelle, 2012, 45.7 x 61 cm., 18 x 24 in. This is an original watercolor painting by noted Israeli artist Esther Newman Cohen. It represents the joy of childhood as told with poetic license by the artist through flowers.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
A Celebration in Pink, Aquarelle, 2011, 73 x 60 cm., 28.75 x 23.6 in. This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper. Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase.
“Clematis in a Speckled Flower Pot”
Clematis in a Speckled Flower Pot, Aquarelle, 2012, 46 x 55 cm., 18 x 21.5 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
A Cascade of Flowers, Aquarelle, 2012, 45.7 x 61, 18 x 24 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
A Summer Flower Garden, Aquarelle, 2012, 46 x 55 cm., 18 x 21.5 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Agave and Friends, Aquarelle, 2011, 65 x 50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
“Cosmos and Petunias in a Wicker Basket”
Cosmos and Petunias in a Wicker Basket, Aquarelle, 2012, 45.7 x 61 cm., 18 x 24 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Flower Festival in Blue, Aquarelle, 2011, 65 x 50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Flower Pot with Red Poppies, Aquarelle on Paper, 2012, 45.5 x 61 cm.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
“Flower Pots - The Collection”
Flower Pots - The Collection, Aquarelle, 2011, 65x50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Flowers in Blue Drama, Aquarelle, 2012, 46 x 55 cm., 18 x 21.5 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Flowers in Purple and Red, Aquarelle, 2012, 50 x 65 cm., 19.7 x 25.6 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Flowers in Symphony, Aquarelle, 2012, 50 x 65 cm., 19.7 x 25.6 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Garden Glory, Aquarelle, 2011, 65x50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
In a Country Garden, בגינה כפרית, Aquarelle, 2011, 50 x 65 cm., 19.75 x 25.6 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
“Spring Flowers in a Brown Basket”
Spring Flowers in a Brown Basket, פרחי אביב בסלסלה חומה Aquarelle, 2011, 65x50 cm., 25.6 x 19.7 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
An Autumn Floral, Watercolor on Paper, 2013 50 x 65 cm., 19.7 x 25.6 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
“Cyclamen and Orchids in a Flower Pot”
Cyclamen and Orchids in a Flower Pot, Watercolor on Paper, 2013, 36 x 48 cm., 14 x 18.75 in.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
Cyclamen in Blue, Aquarelle, 2010.
This is a signed original work by Esther Newman-Cohen, painted in watercolor on cold-pressed 300 Gsm watercolor Paper.
Contact: erosalindcohen@yahoo.com Subject: Art Purchase
“Tinkerbells and Duckies”
“Childlike Flowers”
“A Celebration in Pink”
“A Cascade of Flowers”
“A Summer Flower Garden”
“Agave and Friends”
“Flower Festival in Blue”
“Flower Pot with Red Poppies”
“Flowers in Blue Drama”
“Flowers in Purple and Red”
“Flowers in Symphony”
“Garden Glory”
“In a Country Garden”
“An Autumn Floral”
“Cyclamen in Blue”
