Mother of God

16 x 20
Acrylic on Canvas

I visited many Monasteries on Crete. The Christian Orthodox churches were embellished with wood carvings, high vaulted ceilings and tempera paintings of saints.

I have been experimenting with acrylic on canvas in place of the traditional egg tempera on clay board or plaster to create this painting of Mary. I have also added wooden carved corner and arch detail and clear stones to accent her gown neck line and halo.

The letters on either side of the figure stand for MHTHP TOY OEOY, which translates to Mother of God.

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Daisies on the Window Ledge

16 x 20

Acrylic on Canvas

Huge bushes of daisies grew by our front door along the terra cotta tile entry way. They would last until the dry season in Crete. The daisy bushes were planted by Bobis for his wife Irini.

The garden was a place of tranquility and abundant growth. I miss it.

I placed this bouquet on the marble window sill, looking out to the open sea.

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Zambezi Flooding

Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20

A good friend of mine was home sick for the Zimbabwe region of Africa. I offered a gift to her of a painting of my impression of the Zambezi River during rainy season.

Although I have not been there, I learned that the river bed is sandy with low reed-lined banks. Rain flows down from the hills near-by flooding the river-bed that rushes toward the Indian Ocean.

I also learned that preservation of the river is an issue. High levels of evaporation and pollution threaten the water and animal life that depends on it. The miraculous Victoria Falls (locally known as “The Smoke that Thunders”) is fed by the Zambezi.