My most recent painting is the village of Syrrako in Tzoumerka, Epirus, Greece. I used acrylic paints on canvas. Dimensions
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Francis Bacon’s Last Painting
“We come from nothing and go into nothing.” Francis Bacon The English painter Francis Bacon died in 1992 in Madrid,
Continue readingChrist’s Passion in the Thyssen – Bornemisza Museum of Madrid
Christ’s Passion is the pivotal event for Christians all over the world. This is the reason that it has been
Continue readingBodegones: Spanish still life painting
This post is a short tour of Spanish still life paintings. It is inevitable that I am biased by my
Continue readingThe Philosopher’s Conquest – A painting by Giorgio de Chirico
Introduction “One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, not only the great questions one has always asked oneself
Continue readingPainting London’s Waterloo Bridge
Introduction It was 1995 and I was living in Kingston upon Thames, a stone’s throw from the river. My job
Continue readingTwo Masters of Light: Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner
An enormous deep-red sunset over a stormy sea, an indication of an approaching typhoon.A detail from JMW Turner’s “Slave-Ship”. Painting
Continue readingCaptain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England
Introduction Today I want to tell a story. About a captain named John Saris, who in 1613 brought back to
Continue readingBalthus (Balthazar Klossowski) revisited
Parenthesis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Balthus Exhibition “Cats and Girls“(September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014).
Continue readingDeath and the Maiden: from Munch to Abramovic
Some time ago I wrote about one of the most stunning and moving themes in the work of Edward Munch: The
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