Holy Icon

"Čiča Draža", acrylic on canvas, 2021

Father Stamatis Skliris: "This work establishes the distinctive artistic identity of the painter Bishop Maxim. We emphasize the particular way of writing the sky that contains the warmth of red, with the glittering city in the far distance, the rivers, forests, flowers, and fields neo-Impressionist, with the houses echoing of Serbian folk art and the "hard realism" of the General's uniform and especially his face that dominates in the center of the composition. A strong face like a wood-carved bust of a hard statue, but which distills from the bluish pearly glare of his eyes and nose the sensitivity of his ideals: We fight not to kill, but to prevent impending dehumanization."