Went to See the Pigeon
oil on canvas paper, 8" x 8", 2025A blue horse separates from the herd for…
Lawrence StraussMarch 19, 2025
Green Vase
oil on canvas, 14.5" x 18", 2025Two colorful horses, based on ancient Syrian Jewish art,…
Lawrence StraussMarch 9, 2025
The Wind on the Mouth of the Vase in the Tree
oil on canvas paper, 5" x 5.5", 2024The world's oldest synagogue has a visual language…
Lawrence StraussMarch 8, 2025
The Half-Horse
oil on canvas paper, 8" x 8", 2024A mythical horse emerges from the deep. This…
Lawrence StraussMarch 7, 2025
The White Horse and Urns
oil on canvas paper, 8" x 8", 2024A white horse with empty urns before a…
Lawrence StraussMarch 6, 2025
Mordecai, Horse and Haman
oil on panel, 14" x 10", 2021I went to the Worcester Art Museum show about…
Lawrence StraussMay 20, 2021
Destruction of the Second Temple
oil on panel, 35" x 27", 2021 My conception of the Second Temple is from…
Lawrence StraussMay 14, 2021
Masada
oil on panel, 13" x 12", 2021The only story in the Talmud about Herod the…
Lawrence StraussMay 5, 2021
Isolation Self-Portrait
oil on canvas paper, 16" x 12", 2020This painting began as a black ink drawing.…
Lawrence StraussApril 26, 2021
Miriam in the Wilderness
oil on panel, 12" x 16", 2021Being alone in the woods can be at turns…
Lawrence StraussApril 24, 2021
Tree of Life
oil on panel, 20" x 16", 2021The main room of the Dura-Europos synagogue is covered…
Lawrence StraussApril 20, 2021
Paul
oil on panel, 24" x 14", 2021I keep trying to lift away from earth –…
Lawrence StraussApril 7, 2021
Lion and Horse
oil on panel, 14" x 33", 2021 Perhaps we enjoy not having all the answers.…
Lawrence StraussApril 4, 2021
Mallet and Stake and Head (Yael and Sisera)
16" x 12", oil on canvas paper, 2021Mallet and Stake and Head was inspired by…
Lawrence StraussMarch 5, 2021
Prayer Desk
oil on desk, 30" x 20" x 26", 2020I think of the painting as a…
Lawrence StraussSeptember 4, 2020
Peter
oil on panel, 23" x 21.5", 2020 Based on the Mary painting at Dura-Europos (at…
Lawrence StraussSeptember 3, 2020
John the Baptist (after Donatello)
oil on canvas, 20" x 9", 2020 Begun after seeing a photo of Donatello's polychromed…
Lawrence StraussAugust 31, 2020
Mary
oil on panel, 14" x 17.5", 2020My response to the Dura-Europos painting, Woman (or Mary)…
Lawrence StraussAugust 31, 2020
Sand Creek Massacre
oil on panel, 14" x 13.5", 2020I learned from Fran Reagan the story of the…
Lawrence StraussAugust 12, 2020
Isaac
oil on canvas, 11" x 10", 2020Without thinking about it, I put the adult and…
Lawrence StraussJuly 7, 2020
Angel
oil on panel, 47" x 21", 2005This painting came out of being invited to restore…
Lawrence StraussJune 4, 2020
Toys
After making monsters a while, I started to watch what else the kids had going…
Lawrence StraussMay 5, 2020
Thayer Symphony Performing Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony
pastel and ink on paper, 40" x 27", 2003Painted in celebration of the Thayer's 30th…
Lawrence StraussMay 4, 2020
Sequences
Sequential Self-Portrait 1 of 2, above (pastel and ink on paper, 17" x 40", 2004).…
Lawrence StraussMay 3, 2020
Monsters
Monster II, above (oil on corrugated cardboard, 10" x 8", 2002). In my mid-thirties I…
Lawrence StraussMay 2, 2020
Early work
Lloyd Neck (oil on panel, 10" x 11", 1986) Some other paintings done in my…
Lawrence StraussMay 1, 2020