Bonnie Yales first began to express her creativity through fiber arts. The very first project was 14 by 6 foot tapestry in Temple Isaiah in Lexington, MA. 92 people needlepointed 12 panels in a variety of stitching techniques under Bonnie’s supervision in a period of 2 years. Using this medium, she achieved an international reputation as a foremost designer of gobelin tapestry weaving, and is particularly well-known for her group projects executed in needlepoint.

Her works include wall hangings, torah mantles, ark curtains, chupahs, tallesim and other religious articles. Her work is displayed in hundreds of synagogues and institutions worldwide.

Bonnie especially enjoys designing the neckpieces (atarot) for tallitot. Her customers can choose from hand-painted cloth designs or a painted needlepoint canvas. Both items can be affixed to a tallit. Likewise, the tallit bag and or kippah can be made in either medium.

If you get a chance to meet Bonnie Yales, you will discover that she is a vivacious lady whose presence brightens a room as much as her floral watercolors and acrylics.

Bonnie’s watercolors and mixed medium paintings reflect her soul. Her paintings are often inspired by Jerusalem where she has spent considerable time. Her love for Jerusalem and nature is expressed in a lyrical, deeply spiritual way. Her work is currently hanging in the State Capitol Building in Boston and enriches more than two hundred and fifty synagogues in the United States. Leading figures in the Jewish community wear Bonnie’s tallesim. Bar Mitzvah boys and Bat Mitzvah girls wear her tallitot from coast to coast. Her torah mantles enrich the ark of the Hebrew Union College Chapel in Jerusalem, Israel.

Alice Gartland of the Ponte Vedre and Beaches Leader newspaper wrote the following statement about the artist’s exhibit at the Vandroff Gallery of the Jewish Community Alliance in Jacksonville, Florida: Yales’ paintings reflect her impressions of life landscape, flowers and the forces of nature. Often called a Lyricist, she paints what she feels and portrays the excitement going on inside of her.

Bonnie is a member of the Beaches Art Center in Jacksonville, Florida, a cooperative gallery. Her work can be viewed and purchased at this site.

Through color, form and movement, her work is an expression of her soul as well as the myriad forms of creation’s designs. Yales’ works, are displayed in 31 states including two synagogues in Jacksonville, the Episcopal Church in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Harvard Memorial Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her paintings can be found at the King David Hotel, the Jerusalem YMCA, the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and at various galleries in the US and Israel.

Bonnie's work is also featured at Hampton Gallery in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and Zhandra's Arts & Eats in St. Augustine, Florida.

Some Private Painting Collections:

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harris. Lexington, Ma.
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Kline, Lexington, Ma.
Mrs. Arlene Kolovson, Phoenix, Arizona
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Cicero, Lexington, Ma.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Klauzner, Ponte Vedre, Florida
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brenner, Lexington, Ma
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bernstein, Lexington, Ma
Rabbi & Mrs. Paul Feinberg, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. & Mrs. David Gilbert, New York, New York and San Jose, California
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cooperstein, Lexington, Ma and Marco Island, FI
Mrs. Vicky Bram, Boston, Boca Ratonand Maine
Dr. Sandy Rabison and Dr. Ronnie Fuchs, Lexington, Ma
Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Tyson, Lexington, Ma
Ms. Phyliss Glossman, Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Leslie Krieger, Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Menitoff, New York City, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Marks, Jacksonville, Florida
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Weil, Arlington, Ma
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Meyer, Arlington, Ma
Mr. & Mrs. Mort Hodin, Lexington, Ma
Mrs. Linda Ginzberg, Atlantic Beach