Athena’s Owl, a commissioned artwork

The Owl was a commissioned artwork for an Airbnb located in the centre of Athens. I was thrilled to receive this commission and amazed at the synchronicity of its subject matter as I had recently… More

A print fail and what I learnt and gained from it

A while back I ordered a couple of prints of my Golden Pelican artwork but I have to say that for the first time ever I was pretty disappointed with the outcome. The colours were… More

Process Video: Creating Fuscia Twins mixed media relief artwork

While updating my website recently I realised I never posted this process video of the making of Fuscia Twins.

Golden Pelican mixed media on wood artwork

I had been wanting to start painting more birds in my artwork, and my brother,George S Blonsky, who is an extremely talented professional wildlife photographer, and whose work I love, nudged me to paint one of the birds he’s most known for photographing in a place called Lake Kerkini in northern Greece, namely the Dalmatian Pelicans. I have also visited the Lake with him and fell in love with these magnificent creatures, amongst others!

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Summer Cocktail and what inspired my return to relief artwork on wood

This bold, bright and colourful artwork marks a return to my creating mixed media relief artwork on wood. Following a break of about two years, during which I researched and explored other techniques and a variety of painting skills and media I was -quite unexpectedly- inspired by some ceramic sculptural plant pots.

My first pattern design samples on fabric from Spoonflower

I just received my first fabric samples from Spoonflower and I couldn’t be happier with the results and quality of printing!

The Wild Horses of Mount Ainos

UPDATE: While travel may be restricted, I have recently resorted to traveling through both time and space by revisiting past photos in my archive and re-editing as my skills and taste evolve and improve. The past couple of days I have been traveling back to 2017 and my trip to Kefalonia island where I went on an expedition to Mount Ainos in search of the elusive wild horses. My expectations were low, so I was in for a real treat when, to my surprise, I came across not one but 4 herds in 4 separate locations. The text below I left as is. 
Having originally written and posted this on 24th August, 2017  I'm reposting today merely with re-edited images. 

My Birthday Girl, a Watercolour Portrait of my Daughter and a process video

On my journey to learning watercolour, and while last week was my daughter’s birthday, I thought I would have a go at painting a portrait of her to surprise her, pleasantly I hope!

How I got my joy of painting back and learning gouache with Lena Rivo

About a couple of years ago I was looking for an easy and practical medium that I could use when travelling in our camper, so I decided to try out gouache as it resembled acrylic and oils in its opaqueness, which I was mostly into at the time. Now, you might think watercolour would have been the most obvious choice as a travelling medium, but I was still a bit wary of watercolour, imagining it to have a huge learning curve for me and something I would find hard to tackle. Additionally, I come from a predominantly designer background so I thought gouache would suit me better.