Nachliel Selavan
Paintings, pastels, and Tanach illustration
About
I have been drawing since childhood — private lessons in the Old City of Jerusalem from about the age of ten, then a high school for the arts. I work in pastel, watercolor, ink and oil, mostly on the stories and ideas of the Tanach, and mostly looking for the image nobody expects.
I also spend my working life in museums, as a guide. The two feed each other more than I once realized.
Selected work
From the blog
- ResignationIs when you stop trying to control your fate, even by feigning giving up control. It is true letting go. Resignation is when you… Read more: Resignation
- VulnerabilityIs making friends of your foes: Fear, Risk, Rejection, Pain. Convince them, if you may, that you are their ally. Share drinks for one… Read more: Vulnerability
- Ruth and BoazTwo lovers in the field on that breezy night of late spring. Sharing what only they know, and nobody can understand, nor see. They… Read more: Ruth and Boaz
Prints
Most of the originals have been sold, but fine quality prints can be made from the works that have been professionally scanned — among them the Kretshnif portrait, Song of Jerusalem, Ein Karem, and the frames for Kiddush, Birkat HaBayit and candle lighting.
There is no shop here. Tell me which piece and what size you have in mind, and we will sort it out between us.
I also guide museum tours as The Museum Guy.
Nachliel Selavan: Art & Ideas 