AGATHI CHRYSAFI

Agathi Chrysafi is an old lady living in a mountain village on the island of Lesvos, Greece. Her life is made up of ordinary activities, such as picking olives and wild greens, taking care of her goats and helping her son in his café.When she feels like it, she paints the inner walls of her home.The stairs, the kitchen, her bedroom, in fact the whole house is full of murals of flowers, peacocks, parrots and whatever else has stimulated her imagination. She doesn’t follow any particular artistic style, she doesn’t look at other artists’ work and she never invites anyone inside to see her paintings.“I take pride in them,” she says and when she gets bored of them, she paints over the old ones. This wonderful lady manages to express her intuition in a very personal way.