The Unbroken Gaze
A frontal portrait meets the viewer with a direct gaze, framed by a towering mass of white hair and a flat teal ground. Layered oil strokes build the face from rose, green, blue, ochre, and charcoal passages, balancing precise eyes with loosely worked skin and geometric earrings. The result feels bold, self-possessed, and slightly enigmatic.
Ortal Marniansky Elbilya
Ortal, an art therapist and CBT psychotherapist thinks, feels, draws, sculpts, knits, and writes in an attempt to capture a moment of fragility within the hardships of time. She draws inspiration from working along the line that connects emotional experience with its expression in color on the canva In her abstract paintings, she invites the viewer to feel and to let go, diving into movement in shades of “dirty pastels” that enhance the interplay of multiple materials to portray the chaos within control.
Ortal, an art therapist and CBT psychotherapist thinks, feels, draws, sculpts, knits, and writes in an attempt to capture a moment of fragility within the hardships of time. She draws inspiration from working along the line that connects emotional experience with its expression in color on the canva In her abstract paintings, she invites the viewer to feel and to let go, diving into movement in shades of “dirty pastels” that enhance the interplay of multiple materials to portray the chaos within control.
