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There's something about soul portraits," states Barbara Haynes, archivist for H.E.I., "people really love them. We've gotten requests from whole families to do the family soul portrait." "It's an opportunity that any serious student of E.J. Gold should leap at," says Linda Corriveau, Gold's biographer, and author of Pure Gesture, the fine art coffee table book that shows and discusses Gold's gestural work. "These portraits are a visionary representation of one's inner self by One Who Sees such things. Not the kind of art work one can pick up at any old gallery. The painting of a soul portrait is a very special occasion here. A hush falls over the studio as master artist/ shaman E.J. Gold prepares to capture the magical communication necessary to create a soul portrait. "Brush in hand, his paint flows quickly onto the canvas, transforming before our eyes an empty canvas into an image that might profoundly alter the life of its subject-an image that will hang as a mirror for the soul of the one who owns the portrait." "People may not realize how special this opportunity is," says Lee Perry. "Gold takes no money for the paintings. He does it strictly as a rabbinical responsibility. The $450 fee goes to the Institute to defray the costs of art production, exhibitions, serigraphy, ceramics, photography and cataloging, to name a few of H.E.I.'s functions. One wishing to have his/her soul portrait painted must send in a photograph of her/himself and a personally signed request.  |
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