NEW WORK 2008-2019
SILENT NATURE
This work is unique in its approach to still life painting;
For the first time, the viewer is able to see the original source of inspiration [groups of carefully chosen and arranged objects] alongside the inspired painting
By revealing the original source of inspiration, Kotsiréas lays bare elements of the creative process that are usually confined to the artist’s studio
This invites the viewer to explore both the essence and mystery of the objects in the original still life arrangement and the creative process leading to their expression as a still life painting.
This deeply reflective work by the artist Stavros Kotsireas marks a return to the artist’s origins as a painter and the intensity and rigour of his early still life classes at the Royal Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands. In this work, the artist makes a conscious return to the origins of still life, and the easel pictures on wood of his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.
This intense exploration of the past has caused Kotsiréas to challenge the ephemeral nature of the source of inspiration for the still life painting. The Greek for still life is ‘necri physi,’ the literal translation of which is dead nature; in the Italian ‘natura morta’. However, for Kotsiréas, when the source of inspiration, those carefully chosen and arranged inanimate objects, is retained and bound together with the inspired painting, it breathes life back into the work.
This approach to still life also challenges the notion that there is a hierarchy of value between the painting and subject matter. By juxtaposing subject and painting, the real value and life force of the work is revealed, as the space between the two ….. the creative process.
D.A. Hussey B.A. Hons., B.Sc. Hons. - Art Historian
This work is unique in its approach to still life painting;
For the first time, the viewer is able to see the original source of inspiration [groups of carefully chosen and arranged objects] alongside the inspired painting
By revealing the original source of inspiration, Kotsiréas lays bare elements of the creative process that are usually confined to the artist’s studio
This invites the viewer to explore both the essence and mystery of the objects in the original still life arrangement and the creative process leading to their expression as a still life painting.
This deeply reflective work by the artist Stavros Kotsireas marks a return to the artist’s origins as a painter and the intensity and rigour of his early still life classes at the Royal Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands. In this work, the artist makes a conscious return to the origins of still life, and the easel pictures on wood of his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.
This intense exploration of the past has caused Kotsiréas to challenge the ephemeral nature of the source of inspiration for the still life painting. The Greek for still life is ‘necri physi,’ the literal translation of which is dead nature; in the Italian ‘natura morta’. However, for Kotsiréas, when the source of inspiration, those carefully chosen and arranged inanimate objects, is retained and bound together with the inspired painting, it breathes life back into the work.
This approach to still life also challenges the notion that there is a hierarchy of value between the painting and subject matter. By juxtaposing subject and painting, the real value and life force of the work is revealed, as the space between the two ….. the creative process.
D.A. Hussey B.A. Hons., B.Sc. Hons. - Art Historian
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POETRY IN A BOTTLE - 9 POEMS (diptych) 2017
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POETRY IN A BOTTLE - BLACK (triptych) 2017
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POETRY IN A BOTTLE - WHITE (diptych) 2017
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FIRST AID KIT (diptych) 2017
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POETRY IN A BOTTLE - I AM (diptych) 2017
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TECHNOLOGY STATE OF MIND I (diptych) 2017
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WHICH ONE? II (diptych) 2017
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Oil Can and Chains (diptych) 2017
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We are on a Roll (Diptych 2014 -15)
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TECHNOLOGY STATE OF MIND (diptych) 2014
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Skin Deep (pentaptycho 2014-15)
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PAPYRUS (diptych) 2013
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MESSAGES NEVER SEND (diptych) 2013
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7 DAYS SEVEN MESSAGES (diptych) 2011
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PRISMS (diptych) 2011
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TOYS and MEMORIES II (triptych) 2011
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TOYS and MEMORIES I (triptych) 2011
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WHICH ONE (diptych) 2011
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SEVEN BUTTERFLIES (triptych) 2009
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TOYS AND MEMORIES (triptych) 2008-09
![WHITE BUTTERFLY (diptych) 2008-09](https://amazon.clikpic.com/skotsireas/images/Copy_of_SKotsireas_White_Butterfly_2009_thumb.jpg)
WHITE BUTTERFLY (diptych) 2008-09
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SEEDS OF MOTHER EARTH (diptych) 2009
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SEA WORKS-SEA CREATURES (diptych) 2009-10
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SEA WORKS-SEA ON A BRUSH (diptych) 2009-10
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SPICES OF LIFE AND BEYOND (diptych) 2010
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SEA WORKS-WOOD TRANSFORMATION (diptych) 2009
![SEA WORKS-PEBBLES AND COLOUR 2009-10](https://amazon.clikpic.com/skotsireas/images/Copy_of_SEA_WORKS_-_PEBBELS__COLOUR1_thumb.jpg)
SEA WORKS-PEBBLES AND COLOUR 2009-10
![SEA WORKS-PEBBLES (diptych)2009](https://amazon.clikpic.com/skotsireas/images/Copy_of_S_Kotsireas_Sea_Works_-_Pebbles_2009_thumb.jpg)
SEA WORKS-PEBBLES (diptych)2009
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SPHERE-Symbol of Life (diptych) 2009
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SPHERE and CUBE (diptych) 2009
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SPHERE, CUBE, PYRAMID (diptych) 2009
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SEEDS OF THE EARTH (diptych) 2009
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NATURE'S HEARTS (17 pieces) 2009-10
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ANATOMY OF THE HEARD (5 pieces) 2009
![THE AWAKENING (diptych) 2009](https://amazon.clikpic.com/skotsireas/images/Copy_of_THE_AWAKENING1_thumb.jpg)
THE AWAKENING (diptych) 2009
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THE JUSTICE OF COLOURS (4 pieces) 2009
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MULTIPLE VISIONS (9 pieces) 2009
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STATE OF THE FUTURE (diptych) 2010
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CAMERAS-ONE CLICK (diptych) 2010
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ONE CIRCLE OF CREATION (diptych) 2009-10
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