Angels of a Shipyard

I was fascinated in my early years by the old boat yards (Tarsanades), where fishing and commercial caiques would lay and be maintained.
Images and smells mixed with the sounds of voices and tools and the soft sound of the sea shifting on the shore.
Those images have followed me for decades, coming in and out of my thoughts at different times with a very strong nostalgia for those years, years of a very different world.
The strong smell of the coal-tar that was used for protection inside the bilges, in combination with turpentine, antifouling, undercoats and the enamels used.
Paints dropped and leaked on the cement or dirt floors of the yard year after year, created a colourful palette of paints.
There, the incredibly beautiful palette of colours, stuck in my mind and soul.
These series of paintings with the jet black backgrounds (the coal-tar) represent those memories.
I have tried to recreate those images for my psyche’s salvation! (the dropping and leaking of paints on the floor of the shipyards in different forms that accidently created aesthetical miracles!)

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Christos Angelakis is a painter and poet born in Greece who lives the last 10 years between Greece and Australia.

At the age of 17, he embarkated in a commercial cargo ship as a deck hand, later as a Sailor,Boatswain or Second Officer. Travelling to Africa, Asia, America, Europe.. living in Japan, France, Canada, United States, Australia and Greece.

Christos is a poet, having published 7 books of poetry and started painting at a young age as he was fascinated with the fact that he could express his emotions under forms and colors.

His oil paintings on canvas reflect his emotions at the time of painting, the experiences carrying over the years of his travels,landscapes, faces, emotions, sometimes living in the shadow, sometimes in the light . As an abstract painter he uses different forms and palletes of expression.. Mixed media.. oil pastels, oil paints, Acrylic and Enamel oil..

His works are heavily influenced by his past connection to the sea and, his shipyard series reflect his fascination with old Greek boat yards

Christos has lived, studied and exhibited in France, USA (New York), Australia and Greece.

His paintings are collected around the world and his current series are available for sale through Bluethumb. com. au