Pavlina Vagioni

Black and white photo with intense chiaroscuro. At the top, a mirror with a reflection of four legs. A glimpse of a curtain on the right. Black background.

Life Poetry

A poem that resonates with me.

Soft pastel drawing of blue shoes with colorful shadows and view from above.

Odyssey 2021

How relevant is The Odyssey today?

Oil painting depicting a woman slumbering on a recliner with a pair of tennis shoes on the floor and canvas paintings in the background. A side table with books on the foreground.

Ηappiness Postponed?

Can we create the conditions for happiness?

Oil painting with a depiction of a pair of hands in the middle. One hands rests on top of the other. Pastel colour palette.

The Hands

Do you ever notice the hands in paintings or sculptures?

Odysseus, wreathed and bearded, is fastened against the bottom of his ship's mast, facing the stern, with his arms behind his back lashed to it. His head is thrown back, looking upwards towards the Sirens. The Sirens are represented as birds with woman's heads, their hair looped up with a dotted headband, a single tress hanging beside the ear . A Siren flings herself down from the edge of a cliff, and falls headlong with closed eyes, as though already dead.

The Sirens

How the Sirens series of works came about.

Oil painting depicting an interior with a half open window with hanging plants and flower pots on the window sill.

A perfect day

What is your idea of a perfect day? Does it include the people you love, visiting distant places, or simply doing nothing?

Detail of an oil painting with beige, off-white and light veronese green colors depicting three girls' christening dresses, two baby bonnets and a soft fabric shoe.

A portrait?

When you look at a still-life, what do you see? Mere objects? A composition? Colour palette?

Computer screen with Adobe After Effects programming on creating surfaces.

Modern Alchemy

In Art, the Silly and the Profound reside side-by-side. Yesterday, I spent half of the day joyously playing with

Photo of interior of Kalei(en)doscope installation 2016 by Pavlina Vagioni.

Visual Music

Since childhood, I do not remember drawing or painting without listening to music. Music is indispensable to me because it amplifies my senses and visual perception.

The charm of the feathered world

A few days ago, I met two hawks, Apollo and Artemis. I have been fascinated with birds my entire life.