GILAT YARDEN OMER: I am an Israeli born artist who resides in Miami with my husband and daughter. I grew up in a village surrounded by orchards near Hertzlia, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. With my family I spent some years living in Australia and South Africa. After serving in the Israeli Air Force as a lieutenant, I joined Kibbutz Yahel in the southern Arava desert. In the late eighties I came to the U.S. with my family to pursue studies and I have a BFA degree from Indiana University. With my husband and daughter I have lived in Spain, the Midwest and California. For the past two decades I have been creating artwork in print, pencraft, illustration and papercuts. The subjects of my Judaica are taken from the Siddur, the Tanach, the Sayings of the Elders and the Liturgy of holidays and Life cycle. Motifs in my art come from the natural world and the graphic forms in ancient Jewish artifacts and manuscripts.