Description of the original artwork:
Medium: canvas, watercolor, oil pastels
Dimensions: 50 x 60 cm
Origin: Serifos island, Cylcades, Greece
Year: 2026
My third painting from the island of Serifos, where I spent a month during the off-season to soak in the beauty and create art.
Michaela is my version of a Greek woman, she is exactly as she is, beautiful and bold, wonderful and self-sufficient. She is a goddess, living beneath the blue Greek skies and among the white churches.
I drew inspiration from two of the most beautiful colors in the world: the Greek blue, found everywhere, from the sea and the sky to the blue shutters and doors of the houses and the white characteristic of the Cyclades.
Serifos is a ruggedly beautiful island in the Cyclades, located in the Aegean Sea, featuring rocky coastlines, golden beaches, and crystal-clear blue waters.
I spent an entire month on Serifos, living in the whitewashed old town of Chora. Built atop a hill on a rocky outcrop, it resembles a fortress, a design born from the need to defend against pirate attacks in times past.
It is one of the most beautiful towns in the Cyclades, there are no roads, only stairways winding up and down. A single day is not enough to discover and wander through all the town’s lovely labyrinths, admire the churches with their blue domes, or take in the breathtaking panoramic views of the distant blue Aegean Sea as seen from high above.
