Ikon Patmos (Dawn) / Artist: Steve Joy

STEVE JOY     Abstract painting has frequently quoted the influence of the transcendental and the spiritual in art. This was propagated strongly at the time of the Abstract Expressionists, but the term has been used too often without true meaning to justify self referential painting without subject matter.
I  wanted to get to the heart of the matter by studying at length the history of Icon painting..particularly Greek Icons, backed up with travels to the places of inspiration in Greece. The paperworks here are studies for larger paintings in which I try to bring the history of Icon painting into our time.