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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