TEARS for KERYNEIA 70 x 100 cm 01/2017 ©
Tears for Keryneia it’s an emotional painting and a tribute to a beautiful ancient Greek city of Cyprus occupied for more than 46 years by a Turkish military invasion. It remains under bondage but the beauty of its ancient castle, its waterfront quaint harbour, Christian monasteries and a three-thousand-year-old “The Keryneia Ship”, remain as evidence of its glorious Hellenic past for all to see and admire. It is traditionally accepted that the city-kingdom of Keryneia was founded by Achaean Hellenes from the Peloponnese after the Trojan War and has been populated since ca. 6000-3000 BC.