Kapnikarea, oil on linen, 2010
4:14 PM: i’m contemplating as i prepare internally to start a new series of paintings, to be shown in my mid-march, 2023 exhibition in athens.
perusing painitngs such as this one, kapnikarea, painted in 2010 and now in a private collection in athens, i’m tempted to make “realist” works with greek themes. i’ve made many in my history as an artist, and because i don’t differentiate between “realist” and “abstract” paintings, i don’t consider this a step backwards. i’ve said this many times. there are good paintings, painterly paintings and the opposite.
in the end, dates, nationality, medium, all don’t really matter.