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  Alon Acacia
2002-3
oil on canvas, 60 x  120 cm., 24" x 47"

 

the art of Ron Gang

the Acacia Series


 
The Acacia tree, referred to in the Bible as the Shitta, is widespread in the Savannahs of Africa. Its farthest northern habitat is Israel's Negev region. The tree, from which the Biblical Ark of the Covenant was constructed, is sacred to the Bedouins. A vow taken under the tree may not be broken. When migrating to other grazing grounds, the nomads of the Sinai desert hang their extra belongings from the boughs of this tree for storing, confident that no one will steal their goods from this holy tree....
This is a special tree... growing in this arid land apparently against all odds, and is a source of fascination for me.
 

 





Tel and Acacia - Autumn,  oil on canvas,  2003-4, 44 x 75 cm., 17" x  30"

                                                                                                                                                           




 


Wadi Habesor Acacia, 2005, oil on canvas, 70 x 140 cm., 28" x 55"







 

Acacia and Wheat Swath
June-July 2003
oil on canvas, 73 x  98 cm., 29" x 38"

                                                                                                                                                           







October Acacia, 2004, oil on canvas, 59 x  79 cm.,  23" x  31"

                                                                                                                                                                                      




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Acacia on Deep Blue Sky, 1996, oil on canvas, 68 x 107 cm., 27" x 42"

                                                                                                                                                           

 
 
 
 
 


 

Dusk Acacia, June-July 2003
oil on canvas, 61 x  71 cm., 24" x 28"

                                                                                                                                                           


 


 

 


The Rains Will Surely Come, 2003, oil on canvas, 60 x 97 cm., 24" x 38"

                                                                                                                                                           

 



 



Sheruhen  Acacia on Blue,  oil on canvas,  200-4, 70 x 105 cm., 28" x  41"










A Little Shade, 2006, oil on canvas,
87 x 52 cm., 34" x 20"


 

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