Dimitris’s paintings function as rituals in pigment. Working with vibrant acrylics, he paints 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. Floral references appear not as still life, but as symbols of growth, offering, transformation, and containment. 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.

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“The hand knows what the mind has forgotten.”