A few Kyma gifts.

Here are a few of the things I am making. painting and selling in my little shop

I have tried to create an atmosphere of calm and creativity in my little space...in this strange stressful world we live in it is my little haven.
My love of the sea and particularly pebbles and drift wood from the beach is fairly evident in what I use as my inspiration.

Here is a little poem I wrote in 2009 when I had my exhibition.....


Pebbles.
Behold their beauty
all but disguised
sun bleached skin
awaiting cooling sea
transformed now to a glistening gem.

Restless, moving, then so still,
carriers of time
etched on their every curve
a labour of love.
Creations of the waves.

Their destiny unknown
the depths of the sea,
a rocky cove.
To nestle in the warm caress of sand
then found by some small hand.

Their traveling days now over
Treasured.

Kyma...a little wave of gifts

Kyma is my new venture, a small workshop/gallery where I am making and selling my paintings, and other small gifts such as painted drift wood, pebbles and Corfiot roof tiles. The shop is situated in Kontokali, near the entrance to the Marina and opposite Navigators bar ( handy for any thirsty customers!!)

I am taking commissions for personalized drift wood signs and roof tiles ( a name or logo of your choice, or your own door painted on a roof tile) I also take commissions for portraits and yacht paintings.

Seems that the beginning of this year, 2010, is going to be a time for portraits! Have done another self portrait, a big one, 100x70cm, I'm holding a pebble, to carry on the theme from my exhibition. I did a portrait of my lovely friend Lynn, which I had promised I would do for her. A painting from an old B&W photo I had taken when I was at college, of my flat mate Cecily in her Grandmothers' wedding dress, and I am working on one now which is based on a B&W photograph taken by
my son Dimitri of a dancer.

First painting of 2010

Here is my first painting for 2010, a portrait of a baby boy that I did for a friend to give asa present to the parents on the baby's baptism. Acrylic on canvas 60x40cm

Exhibition.

At last I managed to have a solo exhibition, after two months of intense painting, my show opened at La feuille d'or on 21st Oct 2009. The opening night seemed to be a success, with over two hundred people passing through, I was happy yet nervous, it is the first time I have publicly shown my personal paintings since 1984. Here are a few of the paintings and a couple of pics from the opening. Btw, I would never have been able to do this without the help and support of good friends. Thankyou everybody.

New website.

At last I have set up my own website, so if anyone is interested you can go to http://www.muralsandart.com/ Meanwhile I have just finished a new mural for a restaurant here in Corfu. see picture. Work and life continue.....

Second self portrait.

This is the second small one.