Daphna
Wysokier Dishi

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.