Candle Lighting
11 × 14 Photographic Print — $29.99
The print is professionally produced on premium photographic paper, capturing the vibrant colors and intricate details of the original artwork. Shipping available within the United States only.
Candle Lighting is a vibrant Jewish artwork portraying two glowing Shabbat candles at the heart of a sweeping field of color and light. The candles stand together as a visual representation of the traditional Shabbat candle lighting that welcomes the holiness and peace of Shabbat into the home.
Radiating outward from the candles are sweeping, ribbonlike arcs of color that curve across the composition like waves, currents, or celestial pathways. These flowing forms create a sense that the light of the candles does not remain confined to one place, but spreads outward, carrying berakhah (blessing), shalom (peace), holiness, and spiritual renewal into the world. The movement also suggests the invisible spiritual energy that begins with the simple act of lighting the candles and extends into the sacred hours of Shabbat.
The two candles are an important Jewish symbol. They can evoke the traditional remembrance of the two dimensions of Shabbat: “Zachor” (Remember) and “Shamor” (Observe), echoing the two formulations of the Shabbat commandment in the Torah. Their paired flames also create a beautiful image of unity: two distinct lights joined together in one sacred radiance.
The circular golden glow surrounding the flames suggests a halo of holiness and divine presence. The small flame shapes within the larger luminous forms emphasize transformation: ordinary light becomes sacred light. The surrounding blue and white forms can evoke peace, heaven, purity, and spiritual transcendence, while the fiery oranges, reds, golds, and yellows suggest warmth, life, joy, and the glowing light of the Shabbat candles.
The sweeping bands of color create an almost cosmic quality, reminiscent of spiritual pathways extending between the earthly and heavenly realms. Their movement can be understood as an artistic interpretation of Shekhinah, the Divine Presence associated in Jewish tradition with the holiness of Shabbat and the sacredness of the home. The composition suggests that when Shabbat enters, its light reaches far beyond the physical flame.
Art Form and Medium
The work is best described as a contemporary mystical mixed-media digital painting. It combines richly textured, painterly surfaces with layered color fields, abstract forms, luminous gradients, and crisp graphic contours. The appearance of canvas and brush textures gives the digital composition the tactile character of a traditional painting, while the precise, flowing ribbons and geometric curves introduce a contemporary abstract design element.
The result is a fusion of abstract expressionism, digital collage, and painterly mixed media, creating an energetic visual language in which Jewish symbolism becomes immersed in color, movement, and light.
At its center, the artwork offers a simple yet profound message: Shabbat begins with two small flames, but the light they represent can fill an entire world.