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Dostoevsky’s Room, acrylic on canvas, 2022
The artist succeeded in the shading; the leather on the desk shines, and the wood shines with a subtle touch of yellow within and adjacent to it, with complementary olive and crimson lava cinnabar. Very good and convincing. Also, the chair is a master- piece, as the frame, the wall, etc. The artist has come (be- cause of his love of images) to the point of controlling his means of expression and painting whatever he wants. Now that he has learned the language, what rests is—Free- dom! No copy, no imitation! Discover your solutions! Con- stantly change things! Monet’s impressionism taught us con- stant transformation! — Stamatis Skliris