The Art of Helen Bar-Lev

Helen Bar-Lev was born in New York City in 1942.  She has lived in Israel for 36 years.  Since 1976 Helen has devoted herself to art: painting, teaching and writing poetry.  From 1989 - 2001 she was a member of the Safad Artists’ Colony where she had her own gallery.  To date Bar-Lev has had 80 exhibitions, including 30 one-person shows.  Her poems and paintings have appeared in numerous online journals and print anthologies.  ‘Cyclamens and Swords’ with poems of Israel by Helen and Johnmichael Simon and Helen’s paintings has been published by Ibbetson Press, Boston, Mass. Helen is Editor-in-Chief of the Voices Israel annual Anthology.
www.helenbarlev.com

The following works are copyright © 2008. All rights reserved. No distribution or reprinting in any form whatsoever without written permission from the artist.

Metulla orchard in autumn - Pencils and Pen

Morasha neighborhood in Jerusalem

Watercolor

Rooftops Old City Jerusalem - Watercolor

Wadi near Jerusalem - Watercolor

Abandoned House in Metulla - Pencils and Pen

YMCA Jerusalem - Watercolor

Hollyhocks in Metulla - Pencils and Pen

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