Sondra Venable

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Chanukah Card "Happy Chanukah"

2014

Medieval Hebrew manuscripts inspired me to add flames to the tops of the letters, turning the words, "Chanukah sameach" (Happy Chanukah) into a menorah. The shapes of the flames echo the wavy vertical lines of the Hebrew letters, while the warm colors provide a bright contrast to the ultramarine blue.

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Gouache on textured card stock (envelope included)
5" x 7"
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Image Description: Chanukah Card "Happy Chanukah" / Main Image

Artist + Sondra Venable

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Calligraphy is, for me, the art form that best engages both sides of my dual identity, scholar/writer and visual artist. Calligraphic work marries words and images to convey a message that neither could alone. My use of letter-forms and decorative elements from medieval manuscripts allows me to combine scholarly rigor with artistic imagination and expression. My work is heavily influenced by many years of active participation in the Society for Creative Anachronism, where I found both an outlet for my developing skills and a community of like-minded scholar-artists. Today, my work is nurtured by New Orleans’ respect for a tradition in hand-made objects, and by the love of bright colors that infuses not only its architecture, but its language and storytelling as well.

Sondra Venable is a New Orleans artist living and working in the Uptown neighborhood.

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