Skete of Agios Andreas 1932

Spyros Papaloukas’s ‘Skete of Agios Andreas’ is a landscape built with earth tones and light blues. I can imagine Papaloukas standing before the canvas, brush in hand, mixing these tones, searching for a balance between the seen and the felt. The surface vibrates with energy. Look at how he renders the mountains with these rhythmic, repetitive strokes. It’s as if the landscape itself is breathing, alive with some inner essence. I’m thinking of Cezanne who also tried to capture that feeling. And those clouds! They're curling and swirling above like giant brushstrokes in the sky. It's not just a picture of a landscape; it’s a record of a mind in motion. It reminds me that artists are always having conversations with each other. Papaloukas might have been looking at Byzantine art or the early Renaissance, or maybe he just wanted to do his own thing. It’s all part of the fun. The best paintings don’t give you all the answers. They invite you to bring your own questions.