Ami Shinar’s rich body of work is characterized by highly textured brushwork and intricate lines that blend abstract and figurative elements. His large, narrow, and elongated paintings evoke life-size human figures while doubling as urban representations - creating a "cross-section" that captures the essence of a place.

His watercolors and drawings draw on a phenomenal photographic memory developed while wandering city streets. Created with rapid precision, these works combine vibrant splashes of color with pencil sketches. The swift strokes and bold palette intensify the sense of immediacy and rawness, reflecting both the spirit of the locations and the urgency of the creative process itself.

 

​ Ermanno Tedeschi, Vera Pilpoul, Curators,                                     

 "My Tel Aviv", Torino, 2022

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