Panayiotis Tetsis

Panayiotis Tetsis

at the Theoharakis Foundation, Vassilisis Sofias Avenue, Athens.

An exponent of the post-impressionist seascape tradition, Tetsis regards himself as a painter driven by the senses. In 1949 Tetsis along with Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Yannis Moralis, Nikos Nikolau, Nikos Engonopoulos and Yannis Tsarouchis established the Armos art group.

'If I take a long voyage at sea, I get bored', Tetsis says, 'and I don't agree with Cavafy that heading for Ithaca we ought to hope that the voyage lasts as long as possible... I paint a large number of my seas from memory. I don't need to paint them from life. And even if I do, I change them later in my studio, even change them totally'.





from the 'Skipping Tselevinia' series, 2008-2009 (oil on canvas)

Waves, 2011-14, (oil on canvas)

a closer look at the brushstrokes

 

 



Skylaion Cape II, 2011-2014 (oil on canvas)

 

 

 

Untitled, 2011-2014 (ink on canvas)

Mountains of Hydra I, 2011-14, (oil on canvas)

 

Mountains of Hydra II, 2011-2014 (oil on canvas)

a closer look at the brushstrokes (low right)

Untitled, 2015 (oil on canvas)

 

 

a closer look at the brushstrokes

 

Untitled, 2011-14, (oil on canvas)