Sacred Portal 2014 Oil on canvas, mounted on a wooden stretcher frame — 90 x 70 cm / 35.4 x 27.6 in The Dead Sea in Israel holds a special significance for me and inspired Sacred Portal. I’ve always felt the desert is more than barren land—it’s a reminder of our origins and a space for reconnecting with what is most authentic. In its stillness, free from societal roles and expectations, solitude becomes a path to self-reflection and growth. This work channels that experience, presenting the desert as a threshold between the outer world and the inner self.