Revelations at the Greek Consulate in New York

A Painting in Place

I began Revelations before my visit to Patmos, but it wasn’t until I set foot on the island and entered the Cave of the Apocalypse that the painting came into focus. The cave, where St. John is said to have written the Book of Revelation, carries a weight that is hard to describe—both earthly and eternal at once.

After that visit I returned to the canvas and the work resolved itself. Revelations explores the line between life and death, now and eternity, presence and absence. This threshold, this liminal space, is what interests me most as a painter. Paint, with its fluidity and capacity for transformation, gives me a language to approach that in-between place.

The triangular mountain form, a recurring shape in my work, rises here as a symbol of strength and solidarity. It is a space that connects Greece with the wider world, and I am honored that this painting, born from a personal moment of encounter with place and history, now welcomes others at that threshold.

Revelations, oil on linen, 60 × 64, 2022