Indeed, Fassianos’ universe was entirely his own – an interior world crafted from personal mythology, childhood memories, and encounters with the people and streets of Athens. His inspiration came from wandering the city, conversing with poets, craftsmen and artists, and immersing himself in the iconography of ancient Greece and Byzantine churches. He developed his own colour palette, informed by the women of the Greek islands as they whitewashed their homes, and applied it across various media: oils, watercolours, clay, mosaics, wood, and marble. Some of his recurring motifs, which encapsulate much of his work, include birds, bees, ears of wheat, and scarves — with freedom as the overarching theme.
