10 colored drawings for the poems of George Seferis 1965

Yiannis Moralis made these colored drawings to accompany the poems of George Seferis. I see a world of blues, browns, blacks, and whites, all rendered in crayon, it seems. You can almost imagine Moralis, sitting in a sun-drenched studio, thinking about the sun-soaked world of Seferis's poems. I bet he was thinking about the texture of the land and the sea—how the light hits the water, the feel of ancient stones under bare feet. I love how the crayon creates this kind of granular texture. It’s like the earth itself is coming through the image. Look at the way he lays down the blue—it’s not just a flat color. You can see the energy of his hand, those little scratches and scribbles that give the sky and sea depth. There’s a sense of play here, of Moralis not being afraid to let the material do its thing. It’s like he’s saying, ‘I’m here, the poem's here, let’s see what happens.’ All of these marks create a language of feeling and intention. It’s like he’s in conversation with the poem, adding his own voice to the mix. Artists are always riffing off of one another, you know? It's a beautiful ongoing conversation.