Dionysios Maravegias

abandonment, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

2015

making inroads towards unorthodox representation;in the end, as they say, what is true might also be beautiful. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official cert...

THIS PAINTING VALIDATES THE POWER OF ABSTRACTION TO CREATE IMAGES WHICH HAVE LYRICAL RESONANCE. :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authent...

The stories we tell ourselves ll by Maria Pierides [2022] Part of a series of paintings I worked on towards a group exhibition exploring the theme Journey. The Stories we tell ourselves is based on the idea that we can have quite self limiting beliefs at times, and how we can recognise this in ourselves to change things. When we do the hard work on ourselves, I feel that there can be quite a powerful shift. Additional information: Original Oil, soil stick, pastel and wax on canvas Image Size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Maria Pierides trained as an artist and art psychotherapist and worked in the NHS for a number of years. She is now devoting herself full time to her art at her studio in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons. Living within earshot of a running stream, she explores in paint the texture and temporality of human experience. Building up and scraping back areas of paint to capture the atmosphere, mass, light and poetry of the landscapes she is aiming to represent, Maria's work seamlessly connects inner and outer worlds. Maria’s painting has been shortlisted for the Society of Women Artists Open, Bentley Open Art Prize, The Maidstone Museum, The British Women Artists Competition and the East Meets West Art...

Rhapsody of the Present II Oil on canvas 39 x 78 inches Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kostis Georgiou studied stage scenery in Florence (1981-1982), painting and sculpture in the School of Fine Arts, Athens (1982-1986) with Dimitris Mitaras and Dimosthenis Kokinidis, as well as at the Royal College of Fine Arts, London (1985-1986) with Peter de Francia. His first one-man exhibition was in Thessaloniki (1974). Since then his work has been represented in numerous solo and group exhibitions all over the world and won several international awards. Recently, Georgiou's works were exhibited in a five museum tour in China. Georgiou's paintings and monumental sculptures can be found in public squares...