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Sonya Marmeladova, acrylic on canvas, 2022
Through her suffering Sonya becomes for Raskol- nikov the symbol of all the suffering humanity, that is, all the suffering of mankind is represented in her own suffering. And through her compassionate na- ture and ability to love, she touches deeply one side of Raskolnikov’s character. Her life is one of simple expedience for existence.
Sonya Marmeladova à la Fayum, acrylic on wooden board, 2021
“This is a noble portrait, which after many centuries continues the tradition of Fayum portraits (natural- istic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from Roman Egypt). It is characterized by an unspeakable aristocratic nobili- ty, for which we cannot understand how it came about. This painting follows all the Byzantine lessons that the artist has in himself, but at the same time he has one ‘fabric’ of high artistic breath, one breath that can turn and speak to modern man. It is a por- trait that we can say is contemporary, a portrait of the 21st century.”—Stamatis Skliris
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