Some people are born with an innate ability to create. Yasharel Manzy is such a person. The recent opening of his one man show, Color Surge, at Left Bank Art Gallery shows the work of a man who is passionate about his art, organic in his process and deeply committed to sharing his inspiration.
Raised in a Jewish ghetto in Esfahan, Iran, Yasharel immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-one.
After exploring various businesses, his final one involving the sale of Persian rugs, he found himself yearning to paint.
The desire to create came to him at an early age when he tried to copy a drawing by Raphael at the age of 6.
He is primarily self-taught, intuitive in his process, inspired by classical music and the world in which he lives.
His paintings evoke an earthy feeling of the sun kissed hills and valleys of Tuscany and the South of France.
Extensive travel has taken him to these places as well as other destinations throughout the world where he immerses himself in his surroundings, interpreting what he sees onto canvas.
Yasharel’s use of color, the ease with which he forms shapes and shadows has a haunting effect, perhaps memories from a dream. Reminiscent of paintings of the old masters, his work draws the art lover in to experience the movement and passion of each piece.
Yasharel and Millie Wilcox
Color Surge, the show, will be on display at Left Bank Art Gallery until November 20, 2013.
Left Bank ARt Gallery – 3600 Frederica Road – St. Simons island, GA 31522 – www.LeftBankArtGallery.com – 912-638-3017
