Stelios Mormoris

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Lichen Mist

Lichen Mist LICHEN MIST 30″ x 30” May 29, 2013 The oak forests of the southern coast of Martha’s Vineyard are a dense patchwork of lichen-covered bark—Lichen Mist. Probably a result of the salt air and humidity captured between the trunks. I was still a beginner with oil paint at the time and felt like […]

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Chilmark Pond

Chilmark Pond CHILMARK POND 30″ x 30” May 22, 2013 A pond seems to have no current, and expresses placidness better than any nature form I know. Chilmark Pond, the reflection of the sky and surrounding trees in contained still water. Taking on a life all its own, when viewed as a discrete object of

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Surf at Quansoo

Surf at Quansoo SURF AT QUANSOO 30″ x 30” May 20, 2013 My second painting, Surf at Quansoo, was a struggle in creation, correction, chaos and resolution. I thought to myself: “Welcome to the art of painting: sometimes a wrestling match, sometimes a dance, sometimes a walk or sometimes a flight so exhilarating it is

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Lemon Awnings

LEMON AWNINGS LEMON AWNINGS   30″ x 30”   May 13, 2013 (SOLD) Lemon Awnings—this was my first ‘official’ painting, and one that I felt entirely comfortable with. It captured a sense of summer through a nostalgic glimpse of linen awnings. The white shadowed with grey evoked this feeling of melancholy that sometimes filled me after long

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