Jerry Garcia

In many ways, Jerry was the leader of the Grateful Dead, though he never described himself as such. His love of improvisation flowed from his love of spontaneity, his desire to communicate with the other musicians in the band through their instruments. His skillfulness at this revealed his ability to make space for others, and build an invisible and intricate web of connection.

May we all be blessed with the ability to make music, whatever our music may be, and allow ourselves the flexibility to play the songs a bit differently every time.

When art has been around for thousands of years, it’s not easy to come up with something truly original. In 1992, Jean-Pierre Weill hit on an innovative idea: painting in three dimensions by arranging different parts of a single image on multiple levels of glass. Jean-Pierre Weill discovered that he could use this technique on a variety of motifs, from portraits and still-lifes to landscapes, fantasy, and Judaica.
This technique allows each painting to be enriched by elements of light and shadow, and creates a delightful sense of movement. Success was immediate.
About 10 years ago, the studio moved to Israel, where his daughters, Davida and Safira, joined. A new dimension was added to Jean-Pierre’s original dream. Davida and Safira brought new ideas and a fresh palette to an already rich library of paintings.