Artist, Poet, Writer

Mervyn Medicks was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1928. He studied accounting, but following the death of his father he had to stop in order to take over his fathers business of constructing rain-water tanks. Mervyn came to live in Israel in 1962 where he worked as a designer and salesman of computerized forms.

For over 40 years Mervyn painted in oil. About his passion for painting he wrote: At the age of 35 (1963) a great desire came upon me to paint. This was no call for a hobby but a power to bring to life the powers, the forces - of nature. The force from that exerts the twig to bud to those that power the winds, the seas, the sun.  With this desire came also the feeling, the knowledge that this was no ordinary power within but something akin to God and holy things. It was then that the words came to me that became my guide to this creative force. These were the Biblical words that were spoken by an Angel to Moses from what appeared to be a burning bush but remained green even in the flames: ‘Remove your sandals from your feet for the ground you stand upon is holy’. For me - before the easel.

Mervyn passed away in 2010

For more paintings, poems and short stories by Mervyn, visit his web site: http://www.life-love-art.net