submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006
From John Ellison's 2005 Exhibition, Katoomba, NSW. http://www.katoombafineart.com.au/cgi-bin/parts.cgi?rm=artist&aname=John+Ellison 'And Then He Came To The Fountain Where The Lions Are...’. an exhibition of paintings and drawings from Athens, Kythera and Crete. I had never travelled outside Australia and had no desire to do so. But, my companion Lyn had her mind made up. “Its now or never” she said and it sounded ominous. I had been reading ...
submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005
"Capsali" Lithograph, 58 cm x 13 cm. Edition 150, 1981 Landscape: View of Capsali [Kapsali] and Hora Castle Painting by George Tzannes Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
"Hora" Lithograph, 58 cm x 13 cm. Edition 150, 1981 Landscape: View of Hora from the castle. Painting by George Tzannes. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
"Architectural Details" Four Lithographs, 8 cm x 8 cm each. Edition 150, 1982. Architecture: Capital, Window, Rooftop, Door. Available only as a set of four prints. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
"Terraced Meadows" Litho/Silkscreen, 46 cm x 36 cm. Edition 125, 1976 Landscape: Fields near Aroniadika. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
Kypriotianika" Silkscreen 36 cm x 28 cm. Edition 60, 1976 Landscape: View of Kypriotianika. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
"St Nicolas" Silkscreen, 28 cm x 36 cm. Edition 60, 1976 Landscape: Olive trees and church in Kypriotianika. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
submitted by Peter Bouras on 05.10.2005
Goat and Fig Tree" Litho/Silkscreen, 66 cm x 47 cm. No edition, 1977 Landscape: Fig tree, goat in field near Aroniadika Painting by George Tzannes. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
Stone House" Lithograph, 41 cm x 51 cm. Edition 200, 1978 Architecture: Old stone house near Fratsia. Painting by George Tzannes. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/
Painting by George Tzannes. Detailed information about George Tzannes See also http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/ "Tower" Lithograph 41 cm x 41 cm. Edition 150, 1983 Architecture: Tower at Myrtidia Monastery.
submitted by George Poulos on 25.08.2005
My Uncle Theo (my mother Envangalia (Angie's) older brother), lost a leg to infection in his late 20's. Part of his rehabilitation involved art therapy; although he was a very accomplished artist from a young age. He painted from memory. Rarely did he paint from nature, or from a photograph or other image. His memories were "idealistic". This is Theo's impression - painted in about 2 hours - of the light house at Ayios Nikolaos, in the ...
submitted by Peter Bouras on 30.07.2005
Joe (1950) Vaucluse, Sydney oil on canvas 71.1 x 91.5 cm inscribed in purple paint l.r.: Russell Drysdale Private collection Travellers in the northern outback have all met Joe, the Greek cafe keeper, and yet they will never meet him. Drysdale's pictures are composed in his studio, never modelled on a single person or place. Joe is not a portrait. He is the image that typifies, created out of a thousand impressions and a remarkable and highly ...
submitted by Peter Bouras on 25.08.2005
Maria (1950) Vaucluse, Sydney oil on canvas 99.0 x 76.2 cm inscribed in purple paint l.r.: Russell Drysdale Orica Limited Eminent Australian artist, Russell Drysdale's attempt to capture the quintissential nature of the Greek-Australian woman in Australian country towns. "It's a curious fact that the alien Greek café keeper has became a symbol of the Australian country town - whenever ones goes out west there is always 'the ...
submitted by George Poulos on 27.02.2005
My Uncle Theo (my mother Envangalia (Angie's) older brother), lost a leg to infection in his late 20's. Part of his rehabilitation involved art therapy; although he was a very accomplished artist from a young age. He painted from memory. Rarely did he paint from nature, or from a photograph or other image. His memories were "idealistic". This is Theo's impression - a very,very, verdant impression - of his home village of Karavas.
submitted by George Poulos on 18.12.2004
From the National Quilt register site: http://amol.org.au/nqr/result.asp?ID=732&restype=t Quilt History: The 2 parts of this quilt were made in Cessnock NSW c.1960 by Helen Varoxis. It is still owned by Helen and is still used in winter. Story of Quilt: "A Cessnock Quilt. Although this quilt was made in Cessnock, its origins are really in the NSW country town of Cootamundra where Helen Varoxis was born in 1916, and where, ...
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