Jacques Sterenberg

Jacques Sterenberg

lives and works in Israel.
Painting is part of my life’s journey in each and every moment that goes by. As far as I can remember, art has always been present in my life. In order to get to know and to feel what exactly lies behind every work of art in the course of history, I studied art both formally and informally.
I develop my paintings in series, which enables me to research and to go deep into the color, the composition and the psychological nature of the human figures and landscapes.
The color is based on almost anti-natural, strong colors: colder blues and greens, warmer reds and yellows. In this way, I create strong and powerful chromatic juxtapositions in balanced harmonies.
The facial features and expressions are insinuated, which allows me to delve into the psychology of my models and landscapes. They are character whose look is observing and who establish an intense contact with the viewer.
For me, the beginning of the painting process is like a sunrise: layers of juxtaposed colors, one over the other on the canvas; like the sun, rising towards noon, shaping the lines and colors of our environment and defining them in each layer, until reaching the sublime moment of decision that the painting has been completed.