FROGS AND FLOWERS IS A LARGE OIL ON CANVAS DEPICT- ING A SURREAL JUNGLE SCENE. THE CENTRAL ELEMENT IS AN ORGANIC ORGAN WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE OPIUM FLOW- ERS GROWING OUT OF ITS PIPES. SITTING IN FRONT OF THE ORGAN, CROSS-LEGGED, IS RABBI YAAKOV THOMPSON. HE IS WEARING A YAMICA AND PLAYING GUITAR. THE RUG HE SITS ON HAS FRINGES SHAPED LIKE THE KEYS OF THE ORGAN. THE WHOLE COMPOSITION IS CRADLED BETWEEN A PAIR OF BIRD OF PARADISE PLANTS. LOOKING AT THE PIECE GOING CLOCK- WISE FROM THE TOP, A FLUTE IS FOUND UNDER VEGATATION THAT CURVES AROUND THE LEFT SIDE. WHITE FLOWERS WITH FIVE PETALS EACH ARE ARRANGED UNIFORMLY FROM SMALL TO LARGE WHERE THE HOLES OF THE FLUTE WOULD NOR- MALLY BE FOUND. COMING FROM THE THROAT OF THE FLUTE IS A WATERFALL SEPARATED BY A FERN SILHOUETTE. FROGS ARE POSITIONED ON BOTH SIDES. A SEED POD IN THE SHAPE OF THE RABBIS’ FACE IS UPSIDE DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ORGAN COMPLETING THE COMPOSITION. RABBI THOMPSON DIED A FEW YEARS AFTER THE PAINTING WAS COMPLETED.
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RABBI YAAKOV THOMPSON OIL ON CANVAS 5 X 6FT TRIBUTE TO RABBI YAACOV THOMPSON (1955-2016)
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Frogs and Flowers
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