The Kitchen Maid in European painting: 17th – 18th century

Introduction When I visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, I saw Chardin’s “The Kitchen Maid”. This painting

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Landscape in Chania, Crete, Greece – Τοπίο στο νομό Χανίων,Κρήτη

This is a landscape in the Chania prefecture, on the island of Crete, Greece. I used oil pastel on drawing

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A 1954 Guide (in Greek) to the Dormition of the Virgin Chapel in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece – Ο Ιερός Ναός Λίνδου “Η Κοίμησις της Θεοτόκου”, Αρχιμανδρίτου Θεοδοσίου Αναστασιάδου – Λίνδος 1954

Συνέχεια παιδικών αναμνήσεων και χρόνων. Ψάχνοντας στην βιβλιοθήκη μου, βρήκα αυτό το φυλλάδιο που αποτελεί οδηγό για τον ιερό ναό

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Syrrako, Tzoumerka, Epirus, Greece – Συρράκο, Τζουμέρκα, Ήπειρος, Ελλάς

My most recent painting is the village of Syrrako in Tzoumerka, Epirus, Greece. I used acrylic paints on canvas. Dimensions

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“How can you be tough with a Christmas cake in your face?” A Sex Pistols short story

The quote of the title belongs to John Lydon, lead singer of the Sex Pistols, the English punk group that

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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,

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On Light and Shadow: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

“Our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and come to nought as the mist that is

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Limeni, Mani, Greece – Λιμένι, Μάνη, Ελλάς

My most recent painting is Limeni, in Mani, Greece. I used acrylic paints on canvas. Dimensions are 100 cm (length)

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Restaurant Boroa Jatetxea – Second visit

Back in 2015 I wrote about my first visit to the Boroa Jatetxea Restaurant. I write this following my second

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The Monastery of the Vlacherna Madonna, near Arta, Epirus, Greece – Η Μονή της Παναγιάς της Βλαχέρνας, κοντά στην Άρτα

Η Μονή της Παναγιάς της Βλαχέρνας βρίσκεται στο χωριό Βλαχέρνα λίγα χιλιόμετρα από την πόλη της Άρτας. Η μονή ιδρύθηκε

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