Images by Israeli-born painter and printmaker Nathan Margalit are featured in the new exhibit "Setting Sail: An Exhibition of Encaustic Paintings" in the Allan and Leah Rabinowitz Gallery of the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall St.

The artist, who currently teaches in the Studio Arts Program at Trinity College in Hartford, will speak about his work on Sunday, April 29, 2-3:30 p.m. at the center. The exhibition and talk are open to the public and free of charge.

The paintings in "Setting Sail" are part of an ongoing body of work that Margalit considers "personal commentaries and meditations" on his life and his cultural, religious and spiritual traditions. He has drawn upon a range of literary sources -- biblical and secular -- and a wide array of visual references that serve as points of departure for the paintings. The works are intended to serve as "visual texts" and to engage the viewer as "reader," Margalit says.

The paintings were done using the encaustic process, in which the artist mixes pigments in a solution of hot wax and resin and applies the mixture to paper, wood and canvas.

Margalit has had solo gallery exhibitions and been included in group shows, museum and touring exhibitions, including a nationally juried show at the South African National Gallery. His works are part of public and private collections in the United States, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Israel and Germany.

After earning a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1973, Margalit went on to receive an M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore. He has taught at the Michaelis School of Art of the University of Cape Town, Amherst College and several other liberal arts colleges in New England.

"Setting Sail: An Exhibition of Encaustic Paintings" will remain on view through June 30. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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