Artist Statement

My work explores the world as fundamentally dancing energy: a kinetic landscape where forms are perpetually created, annihilated, and reborn. There is an intense interrelationship between the large and the small, the inner and the outer. I observe and focus on natural surroundings that reveal and reflect aspects of this microcosmic-macrocosmic world.

In my drawings, I concentrate on the complex patterns created by the interplay of light, shadow, and reflection. The act of drawing becomes a rhythmic meditation that transports me to a place of universal connection—a timeless zone. Observing light through air and water, images take shape that suggest organic processes. I capture these moments through photographs, as "light visitation portraits" — dancing reflections that appear and vanish like atomic particles in high-energy physics. These photographs serve as a major reference for my work, bridging the gap between a fleeting moment and a permanent mark.

In my earlier work, this exploration took the form of atmospheric paintings that focused on the ethereal quality of light and space. Over time, these forms have evolved into a more abstract investigation of the spiral that began when I first observed the Phaistos Disk — a universal symbol deeply connected to my Cretan heritage. Like the stamped symbols of the Disk, the spiral reflects a journey that is both personal and cosmic: a movement that returns to the center before expanding outward again, echoing the currents of ocean, winds, and the rotation of our galaxy.

Some of my abstract paintings explore this "cosmic dance" through a cycle of creation, annihilation, and rebirth. Layers of paint are applied creating textures along the surface of the painting. Additional layers of color are rolled across the painting, obscuring the original image. The surface is then sanded down to reveal a newly reborn image. Through this process the finished piece becomes a record of its own evolution.