Exhibit Opening: "Two Men Solo"

The Consul General of Thessaloniki, Brian Hoyt Yee, and I at the exhibit opening on December 8, 2008.

Christ, the Sower

Material: Linden wood

Dimensions: 50 x 35 x 10 cm.

Location: Will be in Kent, Ohio, USA, currently in Thessaloniki, Greece

Completed: October 23, 2008

Particularities: This icon is the payment of the bet between Sophia and I. I lost the bet and obviously, she won. The bet was whether the word "papsarati" (not paparazzi) exists or not.

This icon will be in the upcoming exhibit from Dec. 2008, to Jan. 2009 at one of the Exhibit Halls of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. Then it will be travelling to Kent, Ohio, USA.

St. Nicholas

Material: Linden Wood

Dimensions: 35 x 50 x 5 cm.

Location: It will be in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, after April, 2009

Completed: October 16, 2008

Particularities: This is a gift from me to Nicholas, who is my great great nephew, whose bed I have taken while I was hopsitalized and to Kelly, his mother, to whom I owe a great deal in appreciation, with my love and gratitude.

This icon will be in the upcoming exhibit from Dec. 2008 to Jan. 2009 at one of the Exhibit Halls of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

St. Spyridon

Material: Linden wood

Dimensions: 50 x 35 x 5 cm.

Location: American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece

Completed: October 7, 2008

Particularities: A very beloved saint. This icon will be in the upcoming exhibit from Dec. 2008, to Jan. 2009 at one of the Exhibit Halls of the Municipality of Thessaloniki

St. George

Material: Red Beech
Dimensions: 144 x 49 x 11 cm.
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Completed: September 24, 2008
Particularities: This icon was made to be in the upcoming exhibit of Dec. 12 to Jan. 10 at one of the Exhibit Hall of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

St. Cleopatra

Material: Poplar

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 4 cm.

Location: Peabody, Massachusetts

Completed: 1990

Particularities: Schoolmate and presently brother in Christ, Father Chris Foustoukos, came to me and asked me if I had an icon of St. Cleopatra. A week later, I was able to find a drawing of St. Cleopatra from the Old Calendarist Monastery in Brookline. I made the icon and it was a surprise to his wife, Cleopatra, who fell in love with it

When I finished carving this icon, I thought I had done the "world". I thought that I was the best. I carved into new depths with a new type of frame and a new beauty. This was definitely a turning point of my carving. I had made 200 pictures of the icon and put my labels on the back with my contact information as a form of advertisement. Most if not all people were stunned by the beauty of the icon and the fact that there was an icon of St. Cleopatra. Most people did not know that there was a St. Cleopatra. Some people sent this picture to their relatives whose name is Cleopatra.

St. Constantine the Great -- Triptych

Material: Linden wood
Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 6 cm.
Location: Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Completed: April 19, 2004
Particularities: This is one of the three pieces which makes the triptych of Christ and St. Fotini.

Christ -- Triptych

Material: Linden wood

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 6 cm.

Location: Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

Completed: April 19, 2004

Particularities: This is the center piece of the triptych which includes St. Constantine and St. Fotini.

St. Photine -- Triptych

Material: Linden wood

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 6 cm.

Location: Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

Completed: April 19, 2004

Particularities: This is one of the three pieces which makes the triptych of Christ and St. Constantine. It was a wedding gift from one cousin to the other. The groom's name is Constantine and the bride's name is Fotini and since it was a wedding gift, Christ is between them in the triptych and hopefully, in their life.

Christ Praying in Gethsemene

Material: Poplar

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 25 x 4 cm.

Location: New York, New York

Completed: February, 1992

Particularities: My wife loved this icon very much.

St. Paraskevi

Material: Linden wood

Dimensions: 130 x 54 x 6 cm.

Location: Kynopiastes, Corfu, Greece

Completed: 2003

Particularities: This is an icon that was dedicated by Tasos and Maria to the monastery of St. Paraskevi. We took the icon to the monastery on the day of St. Paraskevi, on July 26, and it was brought out so that the people might reverence the icon.

St. Spyridon

Material: Beech Wood

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 5 cm.

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece

Completed: October 8, 2004

Particularities: This icon has been in several exhibits and it is very hard wood, not recommended for wood carving.

St. Demetrios

Material: Red Beech wood
Dimensions: 114 x 45 x 10 cm.
Location: American Farm School Library
Completed: May 19, 2008
Particularities: It is hardwood not highly recommended for woodcarving. This icon has a very thin and small mustache as St. Demetrios had but you must look closely to see it.

St. Trifon

Material: California Redwood

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 50 x 4 cm.

Location: The cell of St. Trifon at the Monastery of Xenophon at Mt Athos in Greece

Completed: 1993

Particularities: St. Trifon was a young man who was a gardener and a farmer. He suffered martyrdom very young and this is the reason we depict him with no beard and his hair a bit messy, while in his right hand, he holds the cross to show that he was a martyr and on his left hand, he normally holds a flower or a farming tool.

St. Triantafyllos

Material: Linden wood.

Dimensions: approximately 30 x 40 x 4 cm.

Location: Volos, Greece.

Completed: 2002.

Particularities: The translation of triantafyllos is 'rose', which is the reason why there are roses around the saint.