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Venus comes to my studio
this painting is inspired by Vermeer Caravaggio and other great old masters I have attempted to paint myself in my studio with my muse...

Sam Rachamin
Jun 17, 20191 min read
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New bridge to Jerusalem
I used to live on the outskirts of Jerusalem, I witnessed how civilization was ruining nature and building monumental structures. it...

Sam Rachamin
Jun 17, 20191 min read
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Monte soratte is a famous mountain among painters.
many painters painted it or painted the landscape around it for century's, I visited Italy a few times to improve myself as a painter and...

Sam Rachamin
Jun 17, 20191 min read
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Painting in Paris is nice, I love the Gothic architectureÂ
saint vincent de paul church Paris is where I painted yesterday, come join me on one of my workshops and do it yourself,

Sam Rachamin
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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Preparing oil paint kits for future courses and classe
If you join me for a workshop or a course, this will be the hand made high quality oil paint tubes ( marin brand ) you will receive in...

Sam Rachamin
Jun 7, 20191 min read
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A really great BBC ducumentry about why beauty matters by Roger Scruton
And at a deeper level why paint or search for esthetics in art https://youtu.be/bHw4MMEnmpc

Sam Rachamin
May 30, 20191 min read
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Van Gough's exhibition at the Tate Britain
I had the opportunity to see the van Gough exhibition in the Tate Britain and to be honest it was GREAT . I'm not a BIG admirer of his...

Sam Rachamin
May 25, 20191 min read
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Turner at the Tate Brittan
This trip to London I got to see Turner’s larger body of work in the Tate Britain, and I realize how wrong I was (didn’t like him before)...

Sam Rachamin
May 24, 20191 min read
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A few photos I took from Normandie
Every draughtsman/woman can also be a painter or a sculpture, which can also be an artist and for an artist it is easy to become a...

Sam Rachamin
May 14, 20191 min read
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My latest paintings from Avignon
Here are a few more paintings from the workshop in Avignon, I usually don't paint flowers but this time I gave it a go, take that Monet...

Sam Rachamin
May 14, 20191 min read
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Painting Bram
Going back to Paris after painting in Avignon with Julian , (it was great). I got to paint @bram.thijs that is an amazing chef, bar...

Sam Rachamin
May 12, 20191 min read
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ASHURST Emerging artists 2019 interview and answers to questions about the auto portrait in paris
this year I was selected among 29 other artists as finalists (out of more then 4450 participants) at the ASHURST Emerging artists prize....

Sam Rachamin
May 8, 20192 min read
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Hammershøi exhibition at the museum of jacquemart-andre.
There are many small intimate museums in Paris A few days ago I went to visit one of them, the museum of jacquemart-andre. The museum was...

Sam Rachamin
May 4, 20192 min read
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Exhibitions in London
I'm delighted and honored to announce that my paintings were selected to participate at the : RBA - Royal society of British Artists...

Sam Rachamin
May 3, 20191 min read
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Gesso canveses, paint outside, mount on wood,frame & repeat
Practice makes perfect, I just finished mounting these oil paintings on wood, now its time to frame them

Sam Rachamin
Apr 29, 20191 min read
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The "pesach bunny" is searching for a new home
The "pesach bunny" is searching for a new home There is only one of this kind, to purchase you can go to https://www.samrachamin.com/prod...

Sam Rachamin
Apr 25, 20191 min read
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I'm going to exhibit in London in a few different events the first one is Hampstead London.
"The new bridge to Jerusalem" was chosen among 44 other paintings out of 5400 paintings as a finalist. I'm packing and organizing for ...

Sam Rachamin
Apr 24, 20191 min read
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why paint the figure
From all the creatures of the animal kingdom, the human species has a predominance in the world like no other, we are the most adaptable...

Sam Rachamin
Apr 20, 20191 min read
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A painting of Jerusalem from Malcha, tedi stadium, the mall, the technological garden & Ramat Rachel
It took me a few sessions to arrive at this result, I'm happy with it, The size is about 70x40 oil on linen mounted on wood IIII

Sam Rachamin
Apr 8, 20191 min read
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My latest painting Venus comes to visit my studio
It's kind of hard to find a name for paintings I also thought to call it: "a muse comes to my studio" or "Venus visiting Mars" , but I'm...

Sam Rachamin
Apr 1, 20191 min read
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