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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

Diakofti. Ship in harbour. Painting.

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 ...

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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

Beach at Diakofti. Line drawing.

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 ...

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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

Ancient Huts - Kythera.

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 ...

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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

The Sunken Boat, Diakofti, Kythera.

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 ...

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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

Fishing boats, Kythera, Crete.

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 ...

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submitted by John Ellison on 07.04.2006

Waterfront, Diakofti.

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 ...

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

View of Capsali and Hora Castle.

"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/

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

View of Hora from the castle.

"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

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http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

Architectural details.

"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/

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

Terraced Meadows. Fields near Aroniadika.

"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/

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

Kypriotianika.

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/

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submitted by Jim Tzannes on 08.10.2005

St Nicolas.

"St Nicolas" Silkscreen, 28 cm x 36 cm.

Edition 60, 1976

Landscape: Olive trees and church in Kypriotianika.

Detailed information about George Tzannes

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http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/

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submitted by Peter Bouras on 05.10.2005

Goat and Fig Tree

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

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http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/

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submitted by Peter Bouras on 05.10.2005

Stone House.

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

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http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoxdoo/tzannesart/

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submitted by Peter Bouras on 05.10.2005

Tower at Myrtidia.

Painting by George Tzannes.

Detailed information about George Tzannes

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"Tower" Lithograph 41 cm x 41 cm. Edition 150, 1983
Architecture: Tower at Myrtidia Monastery.

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submitted by George Poulos on 25.08.2005

Theo Corones' painting of the Light House.

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 ...

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submitted by Peter Bouras on 30.07.2005

Joe

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 ...

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submitted by Peter Bouras on 25.08.2005

Maria

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 ...

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submitted by George Poulos on 27.02.2005

Theo(thosios) Corones, Belos, artist. An idealistic impression of Karavas.

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.

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submitted by George Poulos on 18.12.2004

Helen Varoxis, (nee, Coombes) - Quilt-maker.

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, ...