EPIKOS

An Incomplete Travelogue
I took a few years’ hiatus from serious painting, to devote to travel (& getting ready to travel, & recovering from travel) with my small family. The images for this new painting series are taken from our travels; some are close by, in Oregon & Washington, others are from living and traveling around Greece, Cyprus & other parts of Europe.
My impetus for this series, was to attempt to express (in paint) the idea of EPIC, the singular, the heroic, the grand poem. I wanted to show that all things can be Epic, depending on scale & perspective, & that anywhere can be Epic, that everything can “extend beyond the usual or ordinary”, if you let it. (The range of style & subject is intentional.)

EPIC BARCELONA

Building facade, Spain, 2019

Photographed 1 April, 2018


Oil on canvas

30” x 40”


 

EPIC SNAKE GODDESS

Minoan, Heraklion Archeological Museum, 2019
Visited 2 May 2017

Oil on canvas

30” x 40”


 

EPIC STAIRCASE

(for Vermeer)
Home in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece, 2018


Ascended 6 May, 2018
Oil on canvas

24” x 30”

EPIC ABATE FETEL PEAR

Near Isterni, Paros, Greece 2018
Eaten on 19, Nov. 2016


Oil on canvas
24” x 30”


 

EPIC MANZANITA SUNSET

Manzanita, Ore. 2018

Enjoyed on 28, Nov. 2013

Oil on canvas

40” x 30”


$1,600

EPIKOS MEGALO SKYLI

Agio Fokas Lighthouse, Paros 2019
Met & pet on 19, April, 2018

Oil on canvas

40” x 30”


 

EPIC BOY II

(Getting ready for passport photo) Portland, Ore. 2018

Photo taken on 22, March, 2015


Oil on canvas

20” x 30”


EPIC ALAMEDA BLUE HOUR TREE

(for my mom)
Portland, Ore. 2019
Seen on 19, Dec. 2019


Oil on canvas

18” x 24”

 

EPIC PETER IREDALE

Warrenton, Ore 2019
Experienced 21, Jan. 2013


Oil on canvas
40” x 30”

 

EPIC BOY

(getting ready for estate sale)
West Slope Portland, Ore. 2019

Photographed the summer of 2012


Oil on canvas
20” x 30”

EPIC KRATER

Macedonian drinking vessel, National Archeological Museum, 2018

visited 26 May, 2015

Oil on canvas

24” x 36”


 

EPIC MEMENTO MORI

National Archeological Museum, Athens 2018

Reminded 26, May 2015


Oil on canvas

24” x 36”


 

EPIC MINOAN RHYTON

(drinking vessel)
Heraklion Archeological Museum 2018
Visited 2, May, 2017

Oil on canvas with gold leaf
14” x 11”


 

EPIC BIRTH OF VENUS

Barcelona, Spain 2018


Saw on 30, March 2018
Oil on canvas (sketch)

14” x 11”


 

EPIC GOATY

(goat or sheep skull found at Mycenaean Acropolis, Paros)
2018

Found 19, Nov. 2016
Oil on canvas

14” x 11”

EPIC MADONNA & CHILD

Barcelona Spain 2018
Beheld 2, April, 2018

oil on canvas sketch

14” x 11”

EPIC SNAKE GODDESS

(small version)
Heraklion Archeological Museum, Crete 2018

Caught sight of 2, May 2017

Oil on canvas sketch

14” x 11”

 

EPIC ABATE FETEL PEAR

(small version)
At Eleni’s House 2018
Eaten 19, Nov. 2016


Oil on canvas sketch
14” x 11”

EPIC BARCELONA

(small version)
Spain 2018

Passed by 1, Apr. 2018


Oil on canvas sketch

14” x 11”


SOLD

EPIC STAIRWELL (for Vermeer)

(small version)
Ermoupoli, Syros 2019

Ascended on 6, May, 2018


Oil on canvas

8”x 10”


SOLD

EPIC PORTLAND CLOUDS

Portland, Ore. 2018
Marveled at 19, Oct. 2015


Oil on canvas sketch
14” x 11”

 

EPIC KRATER

(small version)
Macedonian wine vessel National Museum 2018

Visited 26, May 2015


Oil on canvas

8” x 10”


SOLD

EPIC VIEW OF NAXOS

with agave & full moon – near Isterni, Paros, Greece 2018

Observed 9, Jun. 2017


Oil on canvas

14” x 11”

SOLD

EPIC IREDALE (small version)

Warrenton, Ore. 2018

experienced on 21, Jan. 2013


Oil on canvas

14” x 11”


SOLD

EPIC AEGEAN CLOUDS

PAROS, GREECE 2018
Witnessed 18, Jun. 2017


Oil on canvas sketch
14” x 11”


EPIC FOLK EMBROIDERY (Eleni’s House)

near Isterni, Paros, Greece. 2019

lived with 30, Oct 2016


Oil on canvas
14” x 11”


 

EPIKOS MEGALO SKYLI

(small version)
near Agio Fokas Lighthouse 2018

Met & pet on 19, April 2018


Oil on canvas sketch

10” x 8”

 

EPIC EXIT

(Benton County, Washington) 2018
drove by on 11, Aug. 2012

Oil on canvas

10” x 8”


 

EPIC SUNSET

(small)
Manzanita Ore. 2019

Originally enjoyed on 28 Nov. 2013


Oil on canvas
10” x 8”

 

EPIC MEMENTO MORI

(small version)
National Archeological Museum Athens 2018

Observed 26, May 2016

Oil on canvas sketch

8” x 10”


SOLD

TWO EPIC LIONS

(ocean tossed rice bag)
Santa Maria, Paros, Greece 2018

Found June 2018


Oil on canvas

30” x 24”