Created with dry pastels on a monumental scale (100x70 cm) ,
Aéris, which has taken over 100 hours to create , is the sixth work in my collection.
"Souls of the World".
AERIS — The Soul of Greece
Aeris is not just a face.
She is the eternal breath of Greece.
Born between the mineral whiteness of the Cyclades and the bluish depths of the Mediterranean.
Aeris embodies the living memory of a civilization that shaped the world. Her gaze bears the weight of time, that of the ancient gods, philosophers, poets, and sailors who crossed these light-filled lands.
It connects the timeless to the human.
Between the Parthenon and Santorini, between the sacred stone and the infinite sea, Aeris is the invisible link between what was and what remains.
Her skin seems caressed by the salty wind, as if polished by centuries of history. Her features blend gentleness and strength, wisdom and melancholy, raw beauty and Mediterranean spirituality. She belongs to no specific era, for she transcends them all.
Aeris is a presence.
An ancestral soul that observes, protects, and remembers.
This work does not represent a woman, but the very spirit of Greece: free, proud, radiant, and indomitable. A land that cannot be explained, but only felt. A culture that never dies, because it lives on in every breath of wind, every wave, every stone warmed by the sun.
Aéris is a tribute.
To eternal beauty.
In memory of the peoples.
To the soul of a world.