Alexandros Vasmoulakis – an absolutely brilliant street artist!! / I would be stuck staring at these buildings for hours if I came across …
Alexandros Vasmoulakis – an absolutely brilliant street artist!! / I would be stuck staring at these buildings for hours if I came across them on the street!... I would then have to use a shovel to scrape my jaw up from the ground!! I wish these buildings were in Melbourne!! (instead they can be found in Greece) check out his website here#
A word of thanks to my Group Going Coastal for the Feature i got about my Santorini view ..Thanks VERY much guys .. I really feel proud…
A word of thanks to my Group Going Coastal for the Feature i got about my Santorini view ..Thanks VERY much guys .. I really feel proud & happy about your decision.. John /
I have been very busy lately, so I have not really been paying enough attention to what is happening on RB. Anyway, now that I have had t…
I have been very busy lately, so I have not really been paying enough attention to what is happening on RB. Anyway, now that I have had time to look, I see that my Church and Harbour shot has been featured by the European Everyday Life Group (6th Jan 09), and also by the ImageWriting Group (8th Jan 09). / Also, today (10th Jan 09) my Bridge House, Ambleside shot has been featured in the Treasured UK Structures Group. / Thank you to the wonderful hosts of all three groups for honouring my work, I truly appreciate your support. And last, but certainly not least, I sold a Calendar of the Greek Islands (my fifteenth Calendar sale). Thank you so much to the anonymous buyer, I appreciate this so much. /
In celebration of the choice of theme that RedBubble have chosen for their current competition (which secretly I believe was my overwhelm…
In celebration of the choice of theme that RedBubble have chosen for their current competition (which secretly I believe was my overwhelming obsession for myth subliminally working the pipes of thought), it is right and proper for us all to bow down and worship that who we as a creative force are most inspired by. I have no statistics but an overwhelming number of artists find creativity in the earth, nature and the Great Mother herself. Gaia (or Gaea, Ge, Terra, Tellus and many other epithets for Earth) was the matriachal basis of religion in the ancient times and still transposes her all encompassing influence throughout religion, art, society and politics. The strong Mother figure as a creative energy for all to understand as the primal Earth force resonating from the Genesis. Greek myth atones for existence by recounting the stories of the evolution of the forces of creation and nature through a personification of survival, battle and dramatic (often melodramatic) saga. Great poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Aristophanes recount in verse the struggles of the forces of the light to separate from the forces of the dark. The misty spiritual spell that forms the magic of the world and universe we are all a part of. Each stage and interaction of chemistry and physics creating a fractal drama that would offshoot into a war one moment, the creation of the music of the lyre another, the worst sexual perversions followed by the most just of tortures in the misty, marshy Underworld. Gaea, no matter how far down the generational line of gods and goddesses the action was, is always honoured as the divine creative mother, which makes the competition theme even more relavent in that the notion of Gaea as a living breathing organism is so relevant in the environmental times of today. There have been massive scientific studies of the environment undertaken in the past with the very same theme. Gaea the Earth Mother along with her partner Ouranos (Heaven and Sky) are credited with the parentage of all who exist in the realm of Earth consciousness, but they were not the only Protogenoi (immortal creation spirits) to emerge from the magical bang. As the story of the creation of the cosmos goes in ancient Greek myth… The first born formed the very fabric of the universe, the mesh by which all creation is suspended, Protogenoi literally means first born in Greek. Most of them were purely elemental in form, in that they were quite literally Earth, Air, Fire and Water, however a few were described in anthropomorphic form, particualarly those spirits bound to their physical and native environment. Gaea herself emerged at the beginning of creation to from the foundation of the Universe. One of the few depicted in anthropomorphic form she was still however shown as a woman partially risen from the ground, inseparable from her element… Gaea’s siblings and children were thus spawned… Aether – the a primeval god of the mists of light which fill the upper atmosphere. Ananke – the goddess of necessity, compulsion and inevitability. She was incorporeal (spirit and not matter) and of serpentine form. She cracked open the world egg in the necessity of creation. Erebos – the immortal god of the mists of darkness which fill the upper atmosphere. His darkness was sunk into the Earth and surrounded the Underworld. Eros (not to be confused with the Eros of future generations) – god of generation. Also known as Phanes, he was the ‘driving’ force which drove the Universe into a creative frenzy. As the Immortal god of generation, the creator god, he sprung forth from the silver egg of creation at the beginning of time and set the order of the Universe. Hemera – the personification of Day, rose from the ends of Earth to scatter the darkness of Night, she was spread throughout the heavens by her Mother Nyx to allow the blue of Aether to shine on the Earth. Hydros – Water. Together with Earth they formed mud and was usually equated with the Titan god of fresh water Okeanos. Khaos – goddess of the lower air. She filled the gap between Aether in the upper air and the Earth floor. She was the mother of the other airs Erebos, Nyx, Aether and Hemera. Khronos – the immortal god of time was the first being to emerge at creation in self. He was incorporeal and was attributed with 3 heads and a serpent’s tail and circled the whole of creation. The Nesoi – The islands and rocky forms that break from the earth to protrude from the sea. Nyx – the Night. She would draw the mists of her consort Erebos over the heavens to make it dark. She was depicted as a woman with a star encrusted mantle. Okeanos – The great Earth encircling fresh water river. From him flow every river, spring and rain bearing cloud. He was a horned man with a serpentine fish instead of legs. Ouranos – The solid dome of Heaven. His form stretches from one horizon to the other, he sprung from Gaea at creation. The Ourea – The mountains, born of the Earth. Phusis – The Protogenos of nature. Mother Nature was a different spirit to Gaea and encompasses the collective spirit of creation on Earth. Pontos – The primal god of the salty sea born of Gaea. Tartaros – The Protogenos of the stormy fire pit which lay beneath the crust of the Earth. Tethys – The goddess of the flow of fresh water throughout the Earth. The form of nourishment for all of Mother Nature. Thalassa – The goddess of the surface of the sea. The tention that keeps the water liquid and separate. Born of Aether and Hemera, she mixed with the deep waters of Pontos the sea. Thesis – The Protogenos of creation itself. The goddess of all that came forth from the moment of creation itself.
Thank you to Chris (Cougar83) for purchasing my East and West Mediterranean Calendar. Chris B-mailed me a little time ago with a spe…
Thank you to Chris (Cougar83) for purchasing my East and West Mediterranean Calendar. Chris B-mailed me a little time ago with a special request for a calendar containing specific images from my portfolio in a particular order. This Calendar is the result. I think Chris made some good choices (but I may be slightly biased – hehehe). Chris chose shots of the following wonderful places in the Mediterranean: / – Halki, Greek Dodecanese Islands / – Santorini, Greek Cyclades Islands / – Corfu, Greek Ionian Islands / – Minorca, Spanish Balaeric Islands / – The South of France / – Malta. Click on either photograph below to see the Calendar properly: It is not too late to order a Calendar in time for the New Year. You can choose from any of the 13 Calendars I have available (look here) or you can have any Calendar made up from my large collection of images, just start here. BubbleMail me with a note of the shots you want and the order you would like them to appear (remember to add a shot for the cover) and I will create a Calendar just for you. The price will be the same. Tom
I may get a little behind commenting on your work as I am in Holland on business right now. I will try to catch up when I get home. Th…
I may get a little behind commenting on your work as I am in Holland on business right now. I will try to catch up when I get home. The good news (for me at least) is that I made another Calendar sale of Halki, Greece, that makes twelve of these that I have sold. I don’t know who the buyer is, but I want to thank you so much for this sale, I appreciate it very much. Also, a big thank you to all the lovers of the beautiful island of Halki who have made this Calendar such a success. Click on either photograph below to see it properly: / Tom
The lovely people at the ImageWriting group have been kind enough to feature my: *Sunrise …
The lovely people at the ImageWriting group have been kind enough to feature my: Sunrise over Nissaki shot. If you have not discovered the ImageWriting group yet, then please check it out to find some outstanding work. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: / Thank you so much for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. Also, a huge thank you so much to the kind person who purchased a Medium Canvas print of Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags. Click on the photograph below to see it properly: / I appreciate your support so much, I hope you get great pleasure from the image. Tom
I have been fortunate enough to have three of my shots featured. The Castle on the Rock has been featured in the Canon DSLR...
I have been fortunate enough to have three of my shots featured. The Castle on the Rock has been featured in the Canon DSLR Group. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: A green and pleasant city has been featured in the ImageWriting Group. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: The edge of town has been featured in the Communities Group. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Thank you so much to the hosts for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. If you have not discovered them yet, then please check out these great groups to find some outstanding work. Tom
Thank you to the Victorian Viewfinders Group for featuring my *The Place of Kings…
Thank you to the Victorian Viewfinders Group for featuring my The Place of Kings shot. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Also, thank you to the Live, Love, Dream Group for featuring my Last Resting Place shot. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: And finally, thank you to the Capital cities of the World Group for featuring my Monaco shot. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Thank you so much to the hosts for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. If you have not discovered them yet, then please check out these great groups to find some outstanding work. Tom
I have been fortunate enough to have another two of my shots featured. Way too much money has been featured in the “European Everyda…
I have been fortunate enough to have another two of my shots featured. Way too much money has been featured in the European Everyday Life Group. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Sunrise over Nissaki has been featured in the Harbour Life Group. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Thank you so much to the hosts for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. If you have not discovered them yet, then please check out these great groups to find some outstanding work. Tom
with my Greek God series, in case anyone is interested. I keep finding things that need fixing but it’s sort of there now. Link...
with my Greek God series, in case anyone is interested. I keep finding things that need fixing but it’s sort of there now. Link
Hello fellow RedBubblers!! / I haven’t posted a journal yet, and thought I’d let everyone know that on *Monday, I am leaving Australia and…
Hello fellow RedBubblers!! / I haven’t posted a journal yet, and thought I’d let everyone know that on Monday, I am leaving Australia and heading to Europe for a month!!! / The countries I am visiting are: South Korea (stop over) / France (Paris) / Switzerland (Basil & the Goetheanum) / Germany (only for a night) / Greece (Athens, Santorini, and the Pelepones) / Italy (Milan, Venice, Florence and Rome) I am spending a week in Greece with my grandmothers brothers and sisters, in the village she grew up in as a child. / There is a lot of WW2 history in the area. My grandmothers village was raided by Nazis and every man in her village killed, all save her father. / I have spent my whole life hearing about these stories, and hearing about the people my yiayia (grandmother is Greek) left behind, and I am very excited to visit!! I am also turning 18 over there! / So all in all its set to be a massive, life changing trip and I cannot wait. Just thought I’d let everyone know that I will be a little out of action redbubble wise. But, I will be busy taking photos, so get ready for some European shots when I return!! Please let me know if there is anything I HAVE to see/ take a photo of!! I love travel advice! (: Hope everyone is well!!! Lots of Love / Peace / -Lila PS. I forgot to mention….. But I am seeeing COLDPLAY in Paris!! They are my favourite band of all time… I love them so much… And they weren’t coming to Australia this tour, so I bought tickets for Paris!!! (: (: I cant wait!!!
Hi everyone! / Καλημέρα! (kalime’ra) – which means “Good morning!” I just return from my tiny vacation in Athens and Loutraki! / II real…
Hi everyone! / Καλημέρα! (kalime’ra) – which means “Good morning!” I just return from my tiny vacation in Athens and Loutraki! / II really had great time: have a LOT of photos, will share then with you soooooooooon… p.s. Thank you everyone for lovely comments Cheers, / Vicky
Hello there :) / i was just wondering, does anyone know anything about the ancient Greek battle of Plataea??? / I’m doing a write up for hi…
Hello there :) / i was just wondering, does anyone know anything about the ancient Greek battle of Plataea??? / I’m doing a write up for history and i’m having a great deal of trouble!! / Help will be much appreciated! Beth / x
I watched this man and donkey all the way up the hill and couldnt get quite the right shot so took a departing shot as he went off and in…
I watched this man and donkey all the way up the hill and couldnt get quite the right shot so took a departing shot as he went off and in a glimpse of a second he looked back at me and I got my shot! / Santorini, Greek Islands This photo has just been selected by the Wellington Photographic Society to be entered into the Wiltshire Cup, a NZ wide inter-club competition. Watch this space…
Thank you moderators of the !Inspired Art! group for honoring my work “Sisters of Fate” with a featuring. I’m so happy and proud that thi…
Thank you moderators of the !Inspired Art! group for honoring my work “Sisters of Fate” with a featuring. I’m so happy and proud that this strange little surreal work caught your fancy. I really do appreciate all the extra exposure that this will give it. / Thank you all my dear and precious RB friends for all your comments on this and all my other works. / God Bless You All! / All My Best / Seth
In my traditionally composed paintings of flowers and Greek icons, I express the peace, relaxation, and spirituality she connects with th…
In my traditionally composed paintings of flowers and Greek icons, I express the peace, relaxation, and spirituality she connects with the act of painting. Although I renders oil-on-canvas floral subjects in hues reminiscent of the Renaissance tradition, I masterfully uses negative space and photographic angles to produce graphic images with a decidedly modern sensibility. My works appear starkly divided into two categories, but they are intrinsically linked by my personal symbolism influenced by my deep faith and personal story. Rather than painting to express the sorrows of my past, I paints to help the viewer escape the stresses of everyday life and retreat to a simpler time where forgotten values are embraced. www.marinella-art.ch
Thank you to veryone for your kind words, Ireally appreciate them. I find difuculty explaining myself in words and that is why I am an ar…
Thank you to veryone for your kind words, Ireally appreciate them. I find difuculty explaining myself in words and that is why I am an artist. I can’t say it, I paint it. / I wish you all the best, and thank you again so much that you like my work!!!!!!! www.marinella-art.ch
My thanks to the unknown person who bought 2 of my T-shirts a few hours ago: It’s all Greek to me...
My thanks to the unknown person who bought 2 of my T-shirts a few hours ago: It’s all Greek to me, and the same in white A nice start to the day :)
I Can’t Believe It, But in only a short week I’ve had my first tee Medusa get Featured on Redbubbles Page WOOT!! Jump for Joy! Happy Happy!!
I Can’t Believe It, But in only a short week I’ve had my first tee Medusa get Featured on Redbubbles Page WOOT!! Jump for Joy! Happy Happy!!
My photograph “Sunset at Oia, Santorini” has been featued in the GAP Adventures 2009 Europe – Middle East Tours Brochure. !http://imag…
My photograph “Sunset at Oia, Santorini” has been featued in the GAP Adventures 2009 Europe – Middle East Tours Brochure. I entered it in their travel shot competition, along with an accompanying story. Both photo and story feature on Page 36 of the GAP Brochure… check it out on line here Or pick up a brochure from a travel agency! Check out the Gap Adventures website for heaps of amazing tours in hundreds of destinations. I took this photo when I was on the ‘Mykonos to Santorini’ Greek sailing adventure tour in October 2007. I’m off to Asia this month on another GAP adventure, I’ll be sure to have many more fantastic travel photo opportunities!
Some of you may have noticed that the DoAn Art logo recently changed. Over the last two years I have seen my art develop and evolve in a …
Some of you may have noticed that the DoAn Art logo recently changed. Over the last two years I have seen my art develop and evolve in a direction that was less rooted in Asian traditions as it used to be. Traditional Asian painting techniques will still be a big influence in my art, however, I wanted to open my work up to a more universal source, rather than be tied to one particular culture. I meditated for some time on what symbol would best represent my work and it wasn’t long before the spiral appeared in my mind’s eye. I immediately knew it was the right symbol for my logo. But it did take some teasing and study to get that image out of my mind and into the shape of a logo. I learned that the spiral is a powerful symbol, long held in high regard by nearly every culture on earth. The Romans and Greeks used spirals to decorate pottery and temple columns. The Celtic and Nordic people used the spiral to decorate jewelry, clothing, weaponry and many other objects. The megalithic peoples of Europe carved spirals into many of their stone structures. The Australian Aboriginals used coiled snakes to represent the spiral and Islamic art used the mathematical principals of the spiral. The spiral appears in nature. Geothe noted that many plants grew in a spiraling motion and that many seeds and flower petals formed spiral patterns. The spiral can also be found in the movement of the tides and winds as well as in the growth of shells and horns. Symbolically the spiral can represent the growing and waning influence of the sun as it moves through the cycle of the year. Or it can represent the cycles of life and the rhythm of coming and passing, such as in the seasons, or of life and death itself. By the curving path of the lines, the spiral links outside to inside, space and spacelessness, time and eternity, material and spirit. I have even used the spiral in my own artwork. If you look at my last painting The Honeybee, I centered the thorax of each bee over the path of a spiral. As a result of my meditation and study, I decided to develop a logo utilizing the symbol of the spiral. I also made two spirals emerging from a single source, perhaps they are merging into one, or maybe it is both simultaneously. I wanted a logo that symbolized how my art comes from a common source, a universal place that we all share. It is my hope that my art will connect me to other people, to nature, and to all that makes up the world we know and don’t know. I also believe that the spiral adequately represents the patron-artist relationship, where two people work together toward one goal, unifying their energies for a common purpose. Over time, I am sure my logo will continue to develop, but for now I believe this new design best represents my art and what I hope to achieve through it. I hope you enjoy the new design! Please take a moment to look for how the spiral informs and influences your own life! DoAn
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