
DIMITRIS KOUTROUMPAS
DREAMERS ARE WELCOME
“The hand knows what the mind has forgotten.”
My paintings function as rituals in pigment. Working with vibrant acrylics, I paint through instinct rather than pre-planning, allowing forms to surface through repetition, gesture, and rhythm.
The process draws on automatic painting, where the hand leads and the mind follows. Shapes emerge that echo early mark-making: spirals, symbols, vessels, and half-remembered signs. These recurring forms create a personal visual language - one that is intuitive rather than illustrative. Rather than depicting specific narratives, the paintings operate as mappings of an inner mythology. Each work becomes a record of attention - an unfolding rather than a construction.
The act of painting is less about control and more about listening. As the work develops, meaning reveals itself gradually, allowing the image to arrive through presence and repetition.










