Hi, my name is Dalit Pessach, and I’m a freelance illustrator working with watercolor and gouache. With a brush in my hand and a poet’s heart, my work is loving the world.
I find beauty in the ordinary and sweetness in the smallest mundane things around me. Every leaf, or a wild flower calls on me to tell their stories. For me, art is a way of healing losses we suffer through the act of living, it is my way of showing love.
For the last 30 years I have worked from my home, either at my kitchen table in an apartment in Israel or at a little house in the south of Crete.
I’ve been creating work for notable organizations such as The Weizmann Institute of Science, Leket Israel, Mandel Foundation, Aroma Espresso Bar Israel, alongside European lifestyle brands and magazines like Schaibles Boutique (Germany), Belongings (Israel), SlowLiving Hideaway (Italy) and many more.
on a personal note
1. My name is Dalit Pessach, My work is loving the world. I am an illustrator and designer, owner of Dio-olamot design studio that operates from our home. Home is wherever I can create with people I love and just be me 2. Painting and art are passions of mine since childhood 3. Hebrew is my native language 4. My iPad wall paper is a photo of Claudio and me. Claudio is my partner in business and life. My iPad is always with me. I love listening to podcasts when I paint or cook 5. We have 2 grown children 6. I love the smell of coffee, I love taking a few coffee breaks along my day 7. Books, books and more books! Although I am a designer, I would be happy if all books had blank covers 8. I'm a romantic, wild flowers, and gardens excite me 9. I’m drawn to old photographs and childhood memories 10. I’m always cold, and must have a warm shawl nearby 11. I recharge at a little house in south Crete. There, on the beach I collect the most beautiful stones 12. The color white calms me, I prefer white towels, white sheets, white T-shirts 13. I screen print on used fabrics, bedsheets, table covers or clothes (preferably white), and I love photographing them as they hang to dry. I find their movement enchanting 14. I love creating color palettes of things I see around me 15. A full cookie jar gives me a homey feeling and reminds me of my grandmother Fira 16. Rooms that have been lived in and time-aged objects call on me to tell their stories 17. Avocado is one of my favourite fruits 18. I enjoy home-made food and slow living 19. I don't care for sets, I love unique beautiful dishes 20. After all I've revealed here, I am still a very private person.