Daphna Wysokier Dishi is an Israeli artist, who lives and paints on Moshav Talmei Yosef, a small agricultural community in the Negev desert, Israel. She obtained her BFA from Monash University, Melbourne Australia (2002), and completed her Master’s degree in...
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Daphna
Wysokier Dishi is an Israeli artist, who lives and paints on Moshav Talmei
Yosef, a small agricultural community in the Negev desert, Israel. She obtained
her BFA from Monash University, Melbourne Australia (2002), and completed her
Master’s degree in Art Therapy at La-Trobe University, Melbourne Australia
(2006).
My art
focuses primarily on the continuous exploration of the internal state. I aim to
give visual expression to the connection between my emotions and the Universal
language of emotions, by creating images and textures that are expressive, and
touch on both suffering and enlightenment. My art focuses on the relationship
between pain and growth, as an ‘emotional alchemy’ exemplifying the power of
change.
My
preferred medium is acrylic paint, which I use in several different ways:
layered, scratched, spilled, sponged etc., in order to combine both the
abstract with the figurative form.
My choice
of color is inspired by the stark, natural landscape of the Israeli Negev
desert, where I spent my childhood, and where I now live and paint.