Gandhi, from biblical times to modern 
day.
Earlier in his career, he caused a 
sensation in Israel for the bold murals 
he painted, 250 in all, on shopkeepers’ 
shutters and metal doors overnight 
throughout the Shuk, the famous street 
market in Jerusalem. 
In November 2021, President Isaac 
Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog 
met with Solomon during an official tour 
of the United Kingdom while visiting 

the Chelsea Football Club’s “49 Flames: 
Jewish Athletes and the Holocaust,” for 
which Solomon had been commissioned 
to paint the portraits of Jewish athletes 
murdered by the Nazis.
The Solomon exhibit, free and 
open to the public, runs through May 
10 and runs concurrently with the 
Janice Charach Gallery’s upper gallery 
exhibition: Women Creating Reality: 
Jezreel Valley Pioneers, featuring works 
by women artists currently living in the 

Jezreel Valley, Israel (see sidebar on page 79).

NO REST FOR THE WEARY
Upon his arrival from Israel on Thursday, 
April 13, Solomon went directly to the 
gallery to paint a mural over the next 
two days. With a self-imposed deadline 
of Friday for the shomer Shabbos Souza, 
the spectacular array of colors culmi-
nated in his visual interpretation of the 
Talmudic narrative that is The Seven Days 
of Creation. 

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ART EXHIBIT

“I’M A PAINTER. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE PAINTING. AS CHILDREN, 

WE ALL PAINTED, BUT ADULTS STOP PAINTING FOR SOME REASON.”

— SOLOMON SOUZA

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Solomon in front of his work titled Akedah 
depicting the binding of Isaac. RIGHT: One of 
Solomon’s paintings titled Straight from the 
Donkey’s Mouth, illustrating the thwarting of 
Balaam’s mission to curse the Jews. 

JERRY ZOLYNSKY

JERRY ZOLYNSKY