Stratos Fountoulis

Born Kalymnos Island, Greece 1954. Raised in South Africa. Since 1991 living and working in Brussels, Belgium.

Essence, sense and senses arise from the earthly soul of Mother Earth, erosion of relentless time. Rust and its patina, transparent beauty of Minoan frescoes, the gift of prehistoric cave paintings. Fire. Fire burning through bleak ordinary routine.A need for personal expression, earthly colours, nostalgic remembrance of things passed, symbolic gestures, and steps of mankind urge through misleading alleys.There again, rust, the Classics for eternal comfort. Essence through images. Order comes in haste. "Abstract", "Figurative"...meaningless terms Imposed.