| Gazing at the artwork of Orna Benshoshan feels like | | | | can be shared with others and perhaps expand their |
| stepping into another world - a world of endless | | | | consciousness and inspire new ways of thinking. This |
| possibilities, of distant horizons and landscapes full of | | | | is my contribution to the society as an artist." |
| light and mystical figures that play, dance, meditate and | | | | Orna’s most inspiring works, like her rendition of the |
| experience life on a higher sphere of being. | | | | Last Supper, are provocative and visionary. They |
| | | | infuse us with a sense of hope, curiosity, and remind us |
| Having an Orna Benshoshan painting on your wall is | | | | of the boundlessness of existence, thus serving as a |
| like having a window to another dimension. This is a | | | | companion in our own journey towards |
| natural result of Orna’s process, which involves | | | | enlightenment. |
| opening her consciousness and channeling images that | | | | |
| come to her from a different realm of existence. | | | | Orna Ben-Shoshan has been an auto deduct artist for |
| Though she never completed formal Art studies, Orna | | | | the past 30 years. Her artwork was exhibited in |
| has a distinct style of her own, marked by her bold | | | | numerous locations in the USA, Europe and Israel. Her |
| use of color and her unique sense of form, light and | | | | Major motivation as a visual artist is to share her |
| space. While the themes of her paintings are spiritual | | | | visions with others to expand their consciousness and |
| or mystical, they are also full of humor, like a twinkling, | | | | inspire new ways of thinking. |
| winking eye. | | | | To see more of her artwork, please visit: |
| As she states about her artwork: | | | | During 2008, Orna has embarked on a new and |
| "As an auto-deduct artist, my work It a medium of | | | | challenging project: Her artwork became the theme of |
| transferring knowledge about things that are beyond | | | | a new set of reading cards: "King Solomon Cards", a |
| linear time and thinking. | | | | new and innovative divination tool which combines her |
| My source of inspiration are memories from alternate | | | | metaphysical art with ancient Kabalistic symbols. |
| states of existence; I am blessed with the ability to see | | | | Please visit: to learn more. |
| things that come from another realm, in which, to my | | | | This article was edited by Michal Zilberman, a |
| belief, I existed before. | | | | graduate of McGill and Tel-Aviv Universitis is a film |
| My Major motivation as a visual artist is to translate | | | | producer and director, journalist and copywriter. |
| the retrieved information into a visual form, so that it | | | | She lives and works in Tel-Aviv, Israel. |