FEBRUARY 25 • 2021 | 33

with leather, silver and crushed 
stone.
Galperin always enjoyed art 
but built her career in busi-
ness before entering serious 
metalsmithing studies. She has 
enrolled in about two BBAC 
classes at a time and soon 
will be posting her work on 
Instagram.
Attention to Judaica has been 
strictly personal for Galperin, 
who has designed Star of David 
necklaces for her two sons and 
nephew. She calls the group 
“three-of-a-kind” works.
• Photo transfer techniques 
enter into the winning litho-
graph print shown by Jacki 
Boyer of West Bloomfield. It 
is titled In the Course of Time. “I 
love the engineering process 
of making prints and never 
quite knowing how something 
is going to look on paper,” said 
Boyer, who studied artistry at 
Colorado Mountain College 
and whose Jewish interests have 
been explored through various 
programs offered by religious 
organizations.
“I’m a very visual person and 
always saved images that I’m 
drawn to. This particular image 
was from a newspaper years 
ago. It feels like enclosed or 
circular energy, almost its own 
universe of thoughts and feel-
ings, much the same as we have 
been dealing with in this past 
unique year.”
• Steve Rubin, who attend-
ed the School of Visual Arts 
in New York, tried his hand 
in commercial art but found 
security by building a career in 
equine dentistry. Maintaining 
his artistic interests, Rubin has 
sold paintings through personal 
contacts and enrolled at the 
BBAC as an ongoing outlet for 
his skills.
Vivid, an abstract expression-
ist painting made of acrylics on 
canvas, showcases his favored 

style.
“I’m unleashing feelings 
through the painting, and the 
dominant color is cadmium 
red,” said Rubin, of Farmington 
Hills, who has participated 
in Jewish Community Center 
programming apart from his 
artistry. 
• Fran Wolok, of Bloomfield 
Township, submitted an 
abstracted landscape, The 
Winter Stream, another image 
completed in acrylics. She trac-
es her interest in paintings to 
being surrounded by a family 
of artists.
“I studied art at Wayne 
State University and worked 
as a technical illustrator,” said 
this member of Adat Shalom 
Synagogue who has volunteered 
at the Soul Center in West 
Bloomfield. “I’ve done land-
scapes based on scenes from 
Israel and last year was a win-
ner in the Michigan Fine Arts 
Competition.” 

Patti Tapper’s 
Peonies

Jacki Boyer’s In the 
Course of Time

Jodi Galperin’s 
On the 
Frontier

Fran Wolok’s 
Winter Stream

