Michelangelo had lived and worked. He wanted to join Renzo Santoli's Studio, through whose window he could see the white marble mountaintop of Michelangelo's famous Altissimo quarry. Santoli accepted him. While at Pietrasanta, Amrany met his future wife, artist Julie Rotblatt. She accompanied him when he returned to Israel in the spring of 1986. Upon arriving, he gave his first major solo exhibition in the ruins of historic Caesarea, the seaport built by Herod the Great. The two artists married in 1987, living first in Israel before relocating to the United States in 1989 and settling in the Chicago area. Amrany supplemented his income as an art instructor by taking jobs as a handyman. New styles and experiments Amrany's art has followed several strands throughout his career – distinct approaches or styles that he may set aside for years only to return to. In the early years after leaving the IDF, he explored minimalism (in sketches and drawings), idealism (as in his proposed work, The Peace Sculpture), and an approach based on a psychological tool known as the Johari window (most notably in a bronze titled Fear, Shadow and Subconscious). His "sculpting montage" approach – which blends images to symbolize new dimensions – was first used in Quest for Freedom. Two bronze hands bound at the wrist suggest an eagle and convey the indomitable spirit of the unseen person to whom they belong. He later used the same approach in Whirlpool and One Minute before the 21st Century. Amrany's long-standing fascination with quantum physics and Fractal math has also impacted his art in a variety of ways, from the design of silk wall tapestries to the fractal ground plan of the 9-acre Veterans Memorial Park in Munster, Indiana. The park opened in 2004, an array of works by Omri and Julie Rotblatt-Amrany that included seventeen bronze sculptures, three bas reliefs, fourteen laser-engraved granite panels, and eight installations. Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany In 1992 Omri and Julie opened the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany, an educational center and workplace intended to duplicate the ateliers they had encountered in Europe. In its first two decades of operation, the facility has completed over 200 art commissions, hosted a half dozen exhibitions, and trained and supported over 300 artists – some of whom went on to national recognition. In 1994 the Rotblatt-Amranys were commissioned by the Chicago Bulls to create a statue in