Whoever knows the magic of Greek Islands or wants to get to know it – be prepared for an insider tip! Next to Crete or Kos or Santorin there are countless other Greek islands. Actually… there are 3054 (!) all in all, yet the islands only make up 19% of the Greek national territory. However, let’s not talk numbers. Talk pictures and feelings – Talk Kefalonia! Next to dreamlike seasides where the turquoise water of the Ionian Sea meets wide, white beaches, there are spectacular mountain panorama and pretty little places and towns that know how to catch anyone’s interest – once having been in Kefalonia, you most likely feel the urge to come back again and again.

“The creations of an artist are a combination of knowledge and experience, a result of what you feel, what you learn and practise. The clarity of light in Kefalonia has influenced the way I perceive color. It is so wild and strong that stretches all colors to their limits. Even if it is a light that you can’t hide yourself from it, it will never make you suffer as you can always find shelter under a shadow. There in the coolness of the foliage you discover that blue becomes more intense, green is analyzed from the softest lemon yellow up to the deepest emerald you have ever imagined. Red and orange are very discreetly separated and the difficult yellow offers you its whole range. The Kefalonia landscape guides you in an unlimited range of hues, values and shapes. The light slides provocatively through foliage, holes, shutters and illuminates even the darkest interior revealing everything in its authentic volume. This is an experience that I want to share with people who love to paint.”

This is a quote by one of our lovely tutors: Natasha Metaxa! She lives and offers courses in Kefalonia and, as you just read, fuels up on the islands charm and atmosphere that “help” her creating her fascinating works. Natasha is a highly experienced, accomplished artist and an encouraging and inspirational teacher full of enthusiasm and passion – a passion that I contagious! Not only does she have a talent to paint and to explain how to paint, but to give you confidence in what you do, as well.

In one of the many reviews on her courses it says: “Let me start from the result, my teacher Natasha had on me. After she transmitted to us the basic knowledge, starting from sketching with pencil, later with charcoal, the measurements, the shadows and luminous parts, we then went on with colors.Natasha was always there, to point out to us, what we could not see, take a distance from it and let the painting talk about its needs. With the knowledge I got, I could find my own painting identity, find my own voice of expressing what wanted so intensively to get out of me, with the full freedom from the part of my teacher, not to follow concrete paths. I thank her because, by letting me free, I got to know an unknown part of myself.”

Doesn’t that sound like a perfect art holiday? Maybe you are now interested in one of her courses, as well – reasonable! Have a look on her tutor page or her website for information and get inspired by a wonderful island and an even more wonderful teacher!