Esther Beer Percal
Crows

Crows in black and white frozen in mid-air; a means by which the artist can maintain a universal dialogue between evil and compassion. These are works she created in order to get close again to color. There was in the artist’s life a period in which she was able to grasp the essence of the subject, and therefore the use of black and white seemed more appropriate; this happens to film directors as well, when they at times avoid color. In this specific case, in order to present only one figure (the crow, in addition to all that such a figure carries with it, based on literature and a certain type of mythology), had she used  too many colours it may have even seemed misleading.
 

Umberto Bosazzi