Kosmic Kabbalah Art

What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole. The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah: Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed. The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass. The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas. To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.

Artworks

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The Infinite Eight

The number 8 in the Kabbalah represents the Infinite and Eternal realm that is beyond - and within - our Soul, Time, and Space. The figure 8, when placed on its side, is the mathematical symbol for Infinity. It is also reminiscent of a Möbius strip, a shape with a surface that only has one side - its inside and outside are one! It can be constructed by affixing the ends of a… more

The Seed of Creation

According to the Kabbalah, before the Universe was created only the Ein Sof existed. The white surrounding the Seed in this picture represents the Ein Sof - the Infinite and Unlimited Light of God. To create the limited realm of Souls in Time an Space, Ein Sof withdrew most of its Light from Creation. The Kabbalists of Tzfat called this process צימצום (tzimtzum)… more

Primary Shapes

“3 Mothers ש מ א Shin, Mem, and Aleph in the Soul dimension are the head, the belly, and the chest. The head is created from Fire, the belly is created from Water and in the chest is the Breath of Air that is between them." (Sefer Yetzirah 3:6) The 3 Mothers can also hint at the 3 primary shapes in Geometry - the triangle, the circle, and the rectangle. ש Shin is Gematria 300, or in… more

Meron Landscape

This is a multi-media painting I made many years ago from a photograph I took. Meron is to the west of Safed and is famous as being the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the famous 2nd Century kabbalist who is the leader of the group of kabbalists whose teachings are presented in the Zohar. The tomb (which is not seen in this painting) is to the right on the top of the… more

Flower Sefirot

I used flowers to represent the Sefirot in this Tree of Life Diagram. Although an Aleph cannot be seen in this picture, its presence can be felt in this ‘Slanted Sefirot’ motif where the red higher Sefirot hint at the Heavens; the blue lower Sefirot hint at Earth; and the yellow diagonal hints at the Air that is between them.

Kosmic Event

This image evokes a cosmic event in deep space like the ones photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Many see it as the Milky Way Galaxy . Edwin Hubble was the first astronomer to realize that our Galaxy is only one of billions or trillions of galaxies that are in our Universe. This was in the 1920's. Pretty much everyone before that assumed that the Milky Way was… more

Mandala Number 6

This Geometric picture is based on the number 6. A bright orange 6-pointed Star of David (Magen David) is embedded in the central circle. A smaller white Magen David is embedded in the hexagon that is the center of the orange Star. The hexagon at the center of that white Magen David can be seen as a cube. This motif is similar to the one I used in my picture 'The Holy… more

Blessing the Family

This picture is closely related to my picture Family Tree of Life. The large face at the top represents a Grandfather who blesses his Children through their Fathers and Mothers that are on his arms. The Grandfather's hands rest upon the head of a dark-haired Son whose hands rest upon the head of a Daughter with reddish hair. The Grandfather represents Adam who was created… more

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night.

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Since the ancient classic Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation) inspires much of the art that is shown on this site, I feel that is

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