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Artist who packed his emotions about October 7 into a painting

David Breuer-Weil is now using his artwork to memorialise victims of October 7

August 14, 2024 05:34
David Breuer Weil with Morning (overall size 376 x 688cm, acrylic on canvas, image courtesy of Sam Roberts).
David Breuer Weil with Morning (overall size 376 x 688cm, acrylic on canvas, image courtesy of Sam Roberts). The artwork aims to depict the intense emotions surrounding October 7
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“It feels like we’re living in an age of insanity, a time when it’s hard to communicate with people rationally about what’s happening. And art is a very strong tool to communicate those things,” says David Breuer-Weil.

The artist has now been invited by JNF to design a certificate for a forest the charity is planting in memory of the victims of the October 7 attacks.

More than 1,200 trees representing the victims will be planted in the south of Israel near Ashkelon, eight miles from the Gaza border, and all donors who give a minimum of £100 to the project will receive a copy of Breuer-Weil’s certificate.

JNF UK Memorial Forest certificate by David Breuer-Weil. This will be presented to donors who give a minimum of £100 towards the forest being planted in Israel in memory of victims of October 7 (Photo: JNF UK)[Missing Credit]

While the project was launched in February to coincide with Tu Bishvat, otherwise known as the Festival of Trees, and JNF’s Green Sunday appeal, the certificate is a recent addition.