Yanuka by Moshe Ripner, Acrylic on Canvas flower An anthropomorphic figure materialises from

An anthropomorphic figure materialises from the left giving the impression of an attempt to traverse the whirling

This activity keeps me alive more than anything else

obtaining the 1st prize

focus and subjugation

the visual excitement of new areas

Yanuka by Moshe Ripner, Acrylic on Canvas flower An anthropomorphic figure materialises from26 x 47 Original Artwork Personal Statement: Moshe Ripner (Israel,1990). I grew up and was educated in an Orthodox Jewish family. After finishing my studies at the yeshiva, I began to be exposed to the art world. And I was fascinated. I got my first influence from Egon Schiele. After that I discovered other masters who had a great influence on me, Marlene Dumas, Louis Bourgeois, and athers. The gap created between the worlds, Art and tradition, made