Author: Angela Zafiris

Hello! I'm a Artist/Writer/Photographer who lives in Athens, Greece. I have many creative ways from writing, photography, collage art, mixed-media art and poetry. I love sharing my work with people from all over the world through my blog.

The Waltz/Tο Bαλς

“The Waltz’ -Digital Collage By Angela Zafiris

This is a photograph that I took of a large statue of people dancing in downtown Athens on Panepistimiou (University) Street. I was in a hurry so I didn’t get closer to the statue to get more details about it, but I am assuming that they are people dancing. I decided to change it up a bit since it has probably been photographed hundreds of times. I decided to make it into a digital photography collage. The background is a collage that I made with red and gold acrylics with letters of the alphabet glued on it. I scanned the background collage to the computer and then I added a new layer an ancient Greek text that I found on-line and that I enlarged. I changed the coloured photograph into a black and white photograph and then I made the contrast of the image a lot darker to pop out against the background.

Black Rose/ΜαύροΤριαντάφυλλο

A Rose In My Garden

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck”. Emma Goldman (activist)

“Θα προτιμούσα να έχω τριαντάφυλλα στο τραπέζι μου από τα διαμάντια στο λαιμό μου”-Emma Goldman (ακτιβίστρια)

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

A Wish By The Sea/Μια Ευχή Kοντά Στη θάλασσα

Digital Collage by Angela Zafiris

This is one of the first digital collages that I have posted on my blog. I love the transparent effect that you can make that is difficult and messy when attempting it on a regular collage. I used collage background that I made a while ago. I made the background with gesso, acrylic paints, stencils and text. I then scanned the collage and did some layering on my photograph of a beach in Greece. The end result is a photograph that is much more appealing to the eye.

Urban Athens/Aστική Αθήνα

A juxtatposition of the old and the new

Some might say ‘ewww’ when they see this, but I find it fascinating.

Art is everywhere. Artwork on a wall of a building.

Graffiti on the wall of an old movie theatre

The greatest movie theater in the world!

The Wheels Are Turning/Oι Τροχοί Περιστρέφονται

‘The Wheels Are Turning’ Mixed-media collage by Angela Zafiris

‘Her Wheel Is Turning’ By Angela Zafiris

“I’m never satisfied, man. I’m Virgo. We overanalyze and we’re never satisfied. So I’m gonna keep going ’til the wheels fall off.- Wale (Musician)

“Ποτέ δεν είμαι ικανοποιημένος. Το ζώδιο μου είναι Παρθένος. Aναλύουμε πάρα πολύ και ποτέ δεν είμαστε ικανοποιημένοι. Οπότε θα συνεχίσω μέχρι να πέσουν οι τροχοί.” -Wale (Μουσικός)

Great Expectations/Mεγάλες Προσδοκίες

Collage on paper 24 x 32cm by Angela Zafiris

“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” SOCRATES

“Παντρεψου. Αμα παρεις μια καλη γυναικα τοτε θα γινεις ευτυχησμενος. Αμα παντρευτεις μια κακη γυναικα, τοτε θα γινεις φιλοσοφος”- ΣΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ

Gods and Mortals/Θεοί και Θνητοί

One of my favourite things to take pictures of are statues. Both Gods and mortals have been the subjects of the talented ancient sculptors. These artisans with their skilled and caring hands have captured the beauty of the Gods and Goddesses and the burdens of the mortals. Skilled hands that have carved such realistic eyes that seem as though they are looking right at you. Skilled hands that have carved such realistic mouths that seem like they could speak to you. During their two thousand-year existence these statues have seen it all. If only those statues could speak. If they could what would they say?

Helios In The Shade

The Mortal Womans’ Gaze

Why—Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven? By Emily Dickinson

I (secretly) consider myself a poet first. I carefully glue my words together like a collage. Thoughts that can never be spoken. But, when written down they are oh so powerful.

Angelo The Cat/O Αγγελος Ο Γάτος

My snow-white, and blue-eyed Turkish Angora cat named Angelo is 3 months old; in human years that equates to 4 years. This cat is like a 4-year-old child, and that explains a lot! I try to keep him in doors most of the time and away from the sun as these type of cats are vulnerable to a form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma . This is why these types of cats are very rare in Greece. Many visitors who have come over mistaken him for a rabbit. But, everyone that came into contact with him, who were not big lovers of cats like myself, have fallen in love with him.