10 colored drawings for the poems of George Seferis 1965

Yiannis Moralis made this colored drawing, "10 colored drawings for the poems of George Seferis," in 1965. It’s a world of greys, blacks, and blues, punctuated with soft color – a tender choreography between structure and freedom. The surface is alive with marks. See how the pigment sits on the page. It’s like Moralis is thinking through touch, letting the pastels build into something solid yet dreamlike. There's a beautiful tension there, especially in the upper right corner. The dove seems ready to take flight, yet it’s held in place by the surrounding geometry. Those marks aren’t just descriptive; they’re expressive. This piece reminds me of work by Giorgio Morandi, in that both artists share a penchant for still life, geometric abstraction, and subtle arrangements. There’s an embrace of uncertainty, a celebration of art as a space where seeing and feeling become one.