Prophet Elijah, wall painting, Saint Paraskevi (Saint Petka) Church in Pozarevac, in progress, Stamatis Skliris
"Tranquility in Suffering: The Peaceful Repose of Christ in Stamatis Skliris' Crucifixion"
The painting captures a moment of profound solemnity: the Crucifixion of Christ. It starts with a close depiction of Christ's head, slightly leaning toward his right shoulder, with closed eyes, manifesting divine love and humility. This portrayal is notable for the serene calmness on Christ's face as he offers up his spirit to the Father, spread out on the cross. Remarkably, his expression lacks any trace of bitterness, regret, or desire for revenge, highlighting his infinite love. The artwork is executed in the traditional Byzantine iconography style, where light illuminates every detail, emphasizing even the tragic elements of existence. This lighting encourages viewers to reflect on how Christ could withstand such deep hostility and hatred with such peace and forgiveness. The artist, Stamatis Skliris, transcends the crucifixion's aspect of torture and instead communicates a sense of peaceful rest.
Tranquility in Suffering: The Peaceful Repose of Christ in Stamatis Skliris' Crucifixion
Tranquility in Suffering: The Peaceful Repose of Christ in Stamatis Skliris' Crucifixion
Tranquility in Suffering: The Peaceful Repose of Christ in Stamatis Skliris' Crucifixion
"The Friend", acrylic on board, 2023
Interpretation: Why I called Christ "The Friend."
He looks at you with interest, detaches himself from the picture, and comes towards You, bends down, and leans to one side as if addressing you: "John, you?" "Yes, Lord, me. Since You know me as Your will and made me as Your will, what surprise could I offer You? After all, I did not obey Your will, and I am a great sinner." "No, John, I don't care about that; I'm proud of you; you're a surprise to me; I made you be a surprise; you're unplayable; that's why you surprise even me, your creator. Do you know what this surprise is? Freedom! Freedom evokes divine love in you and manic love from me to you. Well done, John, you kept the freedom of the Holy Trinity. You are my image, and I like you; I want you, and we match. I want to take you with me forever to be together in the ages of ages as if you were in the midst of the Holy Trinity!"
New Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri, 18/06/2023
New Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri, 18/06/2023
New Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri, 18/06/2023
"The Panagia of Olives" (ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΕΛΑΙΩΝΑ), wall painting, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
"The Panagia of Olives" (ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΕΛΑΙΩΝΑ), wall painting, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Byzantine Cubism", acrylic on canvas, Stamatis Skliris, 2022
Lessons in Byzantine cubism by Fr. Stamatis Skliris offered to bishop Maxim in Athens, May 2022
"Jesus Christ", in progress, Stamatis Skliris, 2021
Saint Marina (process painting), acrylic on board, 2021, Stamatis Skliris
Saint Marina (process painting), acrylic on board, 2021, Stamatis Skliris
Saint Marina (process painting), acrylic on board, 2021, Stamatis Skliris
"Santorini", acrylic on wooden board, Stamatis Skliris, 2021
"The Theotokos: "Look with Your Merciful Eye and Visit the Injury I Have", acrylic on board, 2021, Stamatis Skliris
I underwent two cataract surgeries on two eyes in March 2021 and I gifted my doctor Nikolaos Mattheou an icon of the Mother of God which looks at us with a smile on the face.
Prophet Isaiah, wall painting process, All Saints Cemetery Church, Tvrdos Monastery, Herzegovina 2020
Resurrection, wall painting process, Sts Nektarios and Savvas the Sanctified Chapel in Kea Island, Greece, 2020
Blessed Ephraim Katounakiotis, acrylic on canvas, 2020
"St Paul caught up to the third heaven", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"St Paul caught up to the third heaven", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"St Paul caught up to the third heaven", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"St Paul caught up to the third heaven", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"Goat", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"Goat", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"Goat", acrylic on canvas, 2020
"In the middle of the Aegean waters, the Angels are flying", detail, acrylic on canvas, 2020
"In the middle of the Aegean waters, the Angels are flying", acrylic on canvas, 2020
The painting is still in progress. Based on a Greek song "Μες στου Αιγαίου, Αιγαίου τα νερά... Άγγελοι φτερουγίζουν". An artistic exploration of the Mediterranean landscape in relation to the expression of Orthodoxy and archeology through the accentuation of the rhythm that characterizes the landscape and the existential life of a man with his eternal companion - the sea.
"Holy Apostle Paul", acrylic on canvas, 2020
St. Photius the Great, acrylic on board, (work in progress), 2019
As far as the look is concerned, it is very pervasive. As for the lighting of the garment, a mysticism emerges which touches the mystery.
The Panagia, work in progress, acrylic on board, 2019
"Lambri", or "How the Orthodox celebrate the Night of the Resurrection", acrylic on canvas, 2019
It is a gladness of soul, a record of the Eucharist's experience, that all these years I thanked my Parish, with all these people of God who came to for the vigil on the Holy Saturday night outside the temple with smiling faces and candles in their hands and celebrating Christ who was THEIR OWN.
St Maximus the Confessor with a bird and a fish, acrylic on cardboard, 2018
We make sparkling acrylics. The color of raw Siena raw, minimum of the burnt umbra, with yellow and white. We pass all the white a little more out with a sparse break with a brush with a soft hair and a very thin layer.
Illumining with pure white.
St Maximus the Confessor with a bird and a fish, acrylic on cardboard, 2018
We make sparkling acrylics. The color of raw Siena raw, minimum of the burnt umbra, with yellow and white. We pass all the white a little more out with a sparse break with a brush with a soft hair and a very thin layer.
Illumining with pure white.
St Porphyrios (work in progress), egg tempera on wood, 2018
St Basil the Great, process detail, 2018, Pavillion in Neo Psychico, Athens
St John Chrysostom, process detail, 2018, Pavillion in Neo Psychico, Athens
St John Chrysostom, process, 2018, Pavillion in Neo Psychico, Athens
St John Chrysostom, process, 2018, Pavillion in Neo Psychico, Athens
St. Panteleimon, egg-tempera on board, 2017
"Panagia the Hope", 2015
"Panagia the Hope", 2015
"Panagia the Hope", 2015
"Panagia the Hope", 2015
Christ the Great Archpriest, acrylic icon on wooden board, 2016, by Stamatis Skliris
On Saturday April 16, 2016, I finished “Christ the Great Archpriest” for the Church of St Nektarios in Ano Voula (Greece). The heaven is His throne and the earth is a footstool for his feet. That is why I placed him as seated on the clouds.
The light creates a synthesis. It functions as a cinematographer who places everything in such a way that the vestments shine as if it is a supra-worldly sunshine, “luminaire” supernatural.
Christ the Great Archpriest, acrylic icon on wooden board, 2016, by Stamatis Skliris
On Saturday April 16, 2016, I finished “Christ the Great Archpriest” for the Church of St Nektarios in Ano Voula (Greece). The heaven is His throne and the earth is a footstool for his feet. That is why I placed him as seated on the clouds.
The light creates a synthesis. It functions as a cinematographer who places everything in such a way that the vestments shine as if it is a supra-worldly sunshine, “luminaire” supernatural.
Christ the Great Archpriest, acrylic icon on wooden board, 2016, by Stamatis Skliris
On Saturday April 16, 2016, I finished “Christ the Great Archpriest” for the Church of St Nektarios in Ano Voula (Greece). The heaven is His throne and the earth is a footstool for his feet. That is why I placed him as seated on the clouds.
The light creates a synthesis. It functions as a cinematographer who places everything in such a way that the vestments shine as if it is a supra-worldly sunshine, “luminaire” supernatural.
Christ the Great Archpriest, acrylic icon on wooden board, 2016, by Stamatis Skliris
On Saturday April 16, 2016, I finished “Christ the Great Archpriest” for the Church of St Nektarios in Ano Voula (Greece). The heaven is His throne and the earth is a footstool for his feet. That is why I placed him as seated on the clouds.
The light creates a synthesis. It functions as a cinematographer who places everything in such a way that the vestments shine as if it is a supra-worldly sunshine, “luminaire” supernatural.
Christ the Great Archpriest, acrylic icon on wooden board, 2016, by Stamatis Skliris
On Saturday April 16, 2016, I finished “Christ the Great Archpriest” for the Church of St Nektarios in Ano Voula (Greece). The heaven is His throne and the earth is a footstool for his feet. That is why I placed him as seated on the clouds.
The light creates a synthesis. It functions as a cinematographer who places everything in such a way that the vestments shine as if it is a supra-worldly sunshine, “luminaire” supernatural.
Myrhbearing woman 2, unfinished, detail, wall-painting, St Nektarios Church, Voula, Greece
Myrhbearing woman, unfinished, detail, wall-painting, St Nektarios Church, Voula, Greece
The Descent from the Cross (or Deposition of Christ), Unfinished, Wall-painting, St Nektarios Church, Voula, Greece, 2016.
"Dama Azul 2", 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
Abstract Landscape, 2015
“Dama Azul”, Acrylic on canvas, Mexico City 2015
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
Saint Mardarije
The Portrait of Dr. Dimitrios Kyriazis, unfinished, acrylic on board, 2015
The Portrait of Dr. Dimitrios Kyriazis, detail, unfinished, acrylic on board, 2015
The Portrait of Dr. Dimitrios Kyriazis, unfinished, acrylic on board, 2015
Saint Dimitrios
All colors will be dark because of the harmony with the chapel ambiance. However, the city behind the martyr will be white because "each picture must have white somewhere" (Picasso).
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Georgios, detail
Saint Georgios, detail
Saint Georgios
Saint Georgios
The Bridge, acrylic on canvas, december 2014
The Bridge, acrylic on canvas, december 2014
The Bridge, acrylic on canvas, december 2014
The Bridge, acrylic on canvas, december 2014
The Bridge, acrylic on canvas, december 2014
Saint Georgios
Saint Georgios
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Dimitrios
Saint Euphrosynos the Cook
Saint Euphrosynos the Cook
Saint Panteleimon
Saint Panteleimon
Unfinished wall painting of St John the Theologian, St Nektarios Church in Ano Voula, June 6, 2014.
Unfinished face of St John the Theologian, who receives the divine inspiration to write the Gospel. The detail of wall-painting by Stamatis Skliris in St Nektarios Church, Ano Voula, Attiki. Friday, June 6, 2014.
Fr Stamatis begins to paint St John the Theologian in St Nektarios, Ano Voula. Here are seen the first steps, a piece of Saint's garment.
St Mark, wall-painting, Ano Voula. After painting the primer (proplasmos), the lines of the drawing were placed, followed by lighting (photismos).
St Matthew, hand (detail), St Nektarios Church, Ano Voula, Stamatis Skliris, 2014
St Matthew, painting process, St Nektarios Church, Ano Voula, Stamatis Skliris, 2014
St Matthew, during the wall-painting of the dome in St Nektarios Church, Ano Voula, Stamatis Skliris, 2014
St Marc, a test on canvas, for St Nektarios Church, Ano Voula, Stamatis Skliris with Marija Bradic, 2014
Holy Evangelist Mark
Here is presented the second phase after the drawing. The desing is copied on the wall with blue color and the iconography is ready to start. Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
