Tribute to Byzantine masters 1986

This is Chronis Botsoglou, *Tribute to Byzantine masters*. Looking at it, I'm getting a sense of something emerging. It's like the painting is being coaxed into existence through washes of color and a dance of layered marks, a gentle probing of the canvas. I imagine Botsoglou, brush in hand, searching for form, letting the figure materialize through intuition, the colours flowing over each other, the push and pull of light and shadow giving shape to the figure. There’s a tenderness in the way the paint is applied, a delicate balance between presence and absence. You can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the surface, guided by an inner vision. It reminds me that we painters are all in conversation with each other, across time and space, drawing inspiration and energy from those who came before us. Botsoglou honours the Byzantine masters, and in doing so, invites us to consider the enduring power of art to transform and uplift.