Israeli ex-sniper turns his hand to action painting

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI ARTIST, DAVID ROYTMAN, SAYING:

"My name is David Roytman. I'm using a sniper rifle to create my art. Make art not war."

Location: Ashdod, Israel

This Israeli ex-sniper has turned his hand to action painting

using live-fire ranges as art studios

Location: Kyiv region, Ukraine

and guns instead of paintbrushes

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI ARTIST, DAVID ROYTMAN, SAYING:

"After 20 years in the service, in an active unit, everybody needs therapy. So to be honest this is my healing by art. When I'm shooting, not on people, not in a war, not during the military service, I'm doing this for my, let's say, fun, for my way to say something to the world. It makes me feel peacefully.

"My message in my art is that there's a very important point that everybody needs to think about when they are sending their boys to fight, to protect their country, they need to remember that when they come back they need support. And if I can talk about, on this unique way in the pieces of art, so my mission was completed."