Moby Dick 80x70cm

 

oil on wood panel

Moby Dick ... He embodies the character of the relentless sea so well described in the verses 10-18 of Lord Byron's "The sea" ...

"Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean,—roll!
 Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
 Man marks the earth with ruin,—his control
 Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain
 The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain
 A shadow of man’s ravage, save his own,
 When, for a moment, like a drop of rain,
 He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan,
 Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown."

[Lord Byron]

from the endless sky 90x60cm

  Golden is the color of my bright shining love fueling the red colors of my passion. I can fly into the endless sky yet choose your medium to roam in, in order to bring through gold and red the black and white of life into life worth living... I can fly but it is a burden to be unlike you... as you are the divine goal of the adition of my dreams. Love is as always the sweetest cut of any that make you bleed.

[I.R.S.]

beeee 40x40cm

Bees are irrational creatures… they have too big a body for the size of their wings or too little wings for the size of their body… anyway it is irrational (fact or no fact) that they actually can fly and to add to that from their flying is the procreation of the flora almost absolutely dependant!!!!
So rationality has obviously nothing to do with it… especially if you do not give a tiny rats ass about what is considered to be rational (as Bees do). Dream away and work at it, never give it a thought whether it has been done before and whether it is rational or not; just do what you believe needs to be done!! Watch out though… the bee did not pray for bigger wings while sitting on its ass waiting for it to happen; it just flew its round tush to the sky!!
"...
It matters not how strait the gate,
how charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul." (W. E. Henley)

[I.R.S.]

dawn of time 50x60cm

Some of the mammals that evolved themselves out of the water, obviously, didn't like the land enough and tried to return to the wet embrace of the seas. They actually succeeded and remained there till today almost unchanged... they are the majestic giants of the oceans singing to us about the dawn of time...[A.R.]

once upon a time the Minoan Greeks in Crete (3000 - 1300 B.C.) - tribute 60x40cm

Ταυροκαθάψια, ήταν άθλημα της μινωικής εποχής (3000 - 1300 B.C.), στο οποίο ο αθλητής εκτελούσε άλματα πάνω από έναν ταύρο. Έχουν βρεθεί αρκετές τέτοιου είδους παραστάσεις στην Κρήτη (σε τοιχογραφίες, αγαλματίδια και σφραγίδες) όπως και σε άλλα μέρη της Ελλάδας (στην Πύλος και στην Τίρυνθα) και στη Μικρά Ασία (στη Σμύρνη).[Α.Ρ.]

Bull-leaping (also taurokathapsia), was a ritual acrobatic sport of the Minoan era (3000 - 1300 B.C.). During the ritual the athlete conducted leaps over a bull. There have been found several depictions of it in Crete (on frescos, figurines and seals) as well as in other regions of Greece (in Pylos and Tiryntha) and in Minor Asia (in Smyrni).[A.R.]

white rabbit 24x30cm

The rabbit is a strange animal, varying from Bugs Bunny to the "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" [Lewis Carroll] rabbit of Alice in wonderland, yet it always comes out somehow cute. Bunnies, rabbits, although not hero material belong to the favorites of my kids... [A.R.]

gaidouraki 30x40cm

The donkey is an animal of habit, new ways, new roads, new things aren't becoming for your average donkey. When something new comes its way, it will put the feet down and nothing can move it from its place. So it is the fear of the new, the fear of the different that drives (or in this case stops) the donkey. Did you ever stop to notice how many donkeys walk among us? Many of them on two feet... [I.R.S.]

whales 30x60cm

Majestic, large, old and peaceful [I.R.S.]

life & still

60x60cm

50x50cm

35x35cm

30x30cm

Man leaves his imprint and is always present, ..., even when he's not. [A.R.]

oil paintings of February

60x30cm

50x20cm

70x90cm

24x30cm

50x20cm

40x50cm

oil paintings of January

30x24cm

That in the lack of human presence the landscape transforms to idyllic, should make us think again of our brutal intervention in nature. [I.R.S.]

24x18cm

Sometimes, certain things, we should simply not acknowledge and look away, the art lies in choosing these right. [I.R.S.]

50x20cm

Presented as a present to out dear friends the family of Franco di Santo. [A.R.]

50x20cm

Water meets Land and both the sky, always a place where the senses can relax. [I.R.S.]