Inspiration from nature

When painting I get inspiration from nature; that’s why I like to go outside and paint. I sit down in a place where I feel attracted to the light and the shapes before me. After a short time I become one with what is around me, and the canvas becomes part of it.

It always happens that I become like a hollow bamboo and I receive the energy from nature, from the person I paint, from the canvas itself, and from spiritual masters and painters.

I know when a painting is finished when the relationship between me, the canvas and the subject is over. The river has stopped flowing and has arrived at the ocean. It ends like a love affair ends, with love, appreciation and gratitude.

Note: The painting of the Mula Mutha River has been published in the Melissa Publications’ Encyclopedia of Greek Artists of the 20th Century.

Tatini Moraitou was born in Greece and studied to become a dance teacher, fashion designer, hotel manager and painter. She took sannyas in 1991 and lived in Amsterdam, Athens, Lesvos and Pune. She now works and lives in Corfu where she also gives sessions in art therapy, Tarot and more modalities. tatinimoraitouart-therapy.com