Theodoros Markellos — Greek painter, landscapes and seascapes
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Evening from My Window in Patissia — 19.00 × 27.00 cm — Theodoros Markellos
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Evening from My Window in Patissia

MK1798


Artist
Theodoros Markellos (1925–2015)
Medium
Oil on Fiberboard
Dimensions
19.00 × 27.00 cm
Category
Landscape
Signed
Lower right

About This Work

Patissia at the turn of evening—rooftops receding into indigo, small amber lights beginning to show in the windows.

It’s such a private, quiet moment. The window opens onto buildings that recede into the soft distance, one plane behind another. The warmth of terracotta and plaster seems to hold the day's heat, even as the sky deepens to indigo and gray. Then you start to notice them—those small amber lights appearing in windows, the first lamps of evening. The paint itself feels so light, just suggesting texture on the roofs while letting the sky wash into color. The last daylight touches the building fronts on the left, letting everything else slip into soft-edged shadow. The hour settles slowly, carrying the hush of a neighborhood breathing in before night.