Gerasimos Galiatsatos

The frailties of human nature are exposed in the works of Gerasimos Galiatsatos.  Whether struggling with grief or just sitting pensively, the subjects of these paintings are wrought with raw emotion.  Galiatsatos does not shy away from the reality of life, but rather shows it in all its beautiful and painful splendor.       

Dark, melancholy colors fit the mood of the subjects.  Black dominates Galiatsatos’ works, looming in the backdrop and creeping in as shadows.  Dark browns and ochre, along with grayish whites, stand in as the secondary colors that form the more-often-than-not skeletal figures of the paintings.  Subtle swirls of paint impart the dizziness of life.  Splatters of red reveal the passion and the fury infused within one’s blood.  There is a hurried collision of colors.  Flung over the more organized subject-matter, these fits of color explore the line that separates absolute freedom from the unaccountability of one's actions.  The thick layer of acrylic paint demonstrates the complexity of emotion. Galiatsatos lives in Athens, Greece.