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"Barbara’s Youth in Paradise: A Portrait of Eternal Joy", acrylic on canvas, Bishop Maxim, 2024
"The expression, the age, and the face of Barbara that I painted over the last couple of days has come to embody, for me, her youthfulness in Paradise. It’s as if she is there, youthful, joyful, and liberated from the burdens of history and the trials of illness. What remains now is simply love, a loving smile, and the joy she radiates in Christ."
— Bishop Maxim
"The portrait of this lady is a spontaneous expression of a naturally joyful temperament. Both her expressive face and the warm background, along with the rich fabrics of her dress, are painted with great artistic mastery. She is the very embodiment of joy, full of life. An amazing combination of complementary warm and cool colors. I thank the painter because his artistic creation give me a real sentiment of full joy and optimism that is very necessary in our tragic world."
— Fr. Stamatis Skliris