Artospective: Paintings by Dimitris Angelopoulos from Greece.

Inside Out , oil on canvas , 150 x 120 cm.

An Interview with Dimitris Angelopoulos.

Who and where are you from?

My name is Dimitris Angelopoulos and I am an artist from Greece. I was born in 1994 in Athens where I live and work. I graduated from my school of art in 2017. My work belongs to private collections in Greece and abroad.

How you got into this?

I have recently discovered that I have a feel for painting and since then I have been painting systematically and daily and I will continue. I improve myself in every work and observe my evolution through my work. I studied at Vellios School of Art in the Fine Arts section with professor A. Pistonis, who is the one who incorporated me in all of this and helped me improve as a painter and as a person.

What is your driving force?

The things that usually affect me to paint are human, the portrait. Through it I see emotions and images. There are also other personal moments - feelings that I have experienced and have within myself and I want to impress and say. It is a way of liberating and seeing things differently. Usually they are experiential from my life and a reflection of myself.

What kind of work you do and why?

My painting is anthropocentric - illustrative(pictoreal) with emphasis on portrait and hands which in my opinion plays a big part in the dramaticness of a work. Through my painting I can express a piece of myself or a piece of how I want to be. Usually my works are experiential and based on my feelings as a great calendar for my life. I try to do what I like and through it to tell a story. I identify with my models so my projects get an emotional bond. My models are always close to me and important to me. Through my painting I often discover important things about my own life and release and express myself.