by Augusta Stylianou

Barack Obama Painting

Description:

The idea of painting the Stars of President's Barack Obama came while I watched his oath ceremony as President of the United States. His speech and his style were full of optimism, will and certainty for the program that he intends to apply for the solution of various problems.

It was an optimistic speech in the current difficult period. It was a message for the solution of many problems, economic derotation and return to the previous situation as well as a meesage for peace and fraternization between the countries.

A message very positive and optimistic. Ideal one would say but that what all want. A hope for tomorrow. Hope that all will be corrected because he has the will and the power to do it. A certainty and safety as well a optimistic feeling for the future.

This precisely was the reason that I wanted to paint him. To express in the painting this symbol that constitutes ideals, dreams and hope for millions of people.

This magnificent vision that should be achieved by an individual, I believe that it corresponds to the greatness of the universe.

Enough power and courage is necessary in order to make the dreams real.

It needs a far-reaching and open mind connected with of all the humanitarian values and ideally in order to listen to the needs of people and to apply the right and peace in this planet.

This symbol I thought was to connect it with the birth of Mr.Barack Obama. Birth for something new. A new idea. A new ideal. A hope. Each birth is a new hope for life.

Studying the astronomical charts I found stars and places of planets that I would say characterize his personality.

The star that is in the centre of the painting is the star that rose in the horizon of Honolulu in Hawaii (his birthplace) on 4th August 1961 and hour 19.24 p.m. The work is inspired from pebbles that I have found in the birthplace of the Goddess Aphrodite. All stars and planets are represented in this way.

These pebbles have been "painted" by nature and their forms are like a microcosm. Because we do not know exactly how these distant stars look they are represented with these pebbles. I believe that it is an effort to reach them with the imagination and to learn this distant worlds.

The combination of these stars with the places of planets in the painting I believe gives a sample of the uniqueness of Mr Barack Obama like of course each person in general.

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About:

Augusta Stylianou was born in Cyprus, the island of the goddess Aphrodite, in a beautiful sea-side town called Limassol. From a young age she enjoyed Geography and took interest in the customs and traditions of cultures. She wanted to find out, as was possible, about the entire world as well as the way in which it was created. She studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the university of Athens, regardless of the fact that these fields of study did not reflect her true interests.

During her student life she would make handicrafts, including jewellery, in the spare time that she had. This brought her closer to the arts and from then on her aim was to become an artist.

The opportunity to pursue this goal was presented to her several years later when she attended art lessons for three years at the Public Art Institution of Cyprus. Her love of nature and her spirit of exploration led her to discover the pebbles of the sea and the small world which lay within them. Her signature theme is the creation of the universe and its mysteries.

She was fortunate to study Greek philosophy as a module of her political sciences course at university. Her knowledge of Greek philosophy, astronomy and astrology helped her to create these works of art.

Her latest inspiration uses astrology and astronomy in combination with the pebbles of the sea.

By creating their own personal chart, people are given the ability to take a deeper interest in themselves as well as in the world of the universe which surrounds them.

Augusta has taken part in numerous art exhibitions, alone as well as with other artists. Nevertheless, she believes that the internet is by far the best means by which to display her work since she considers it to have infinite possibilities; as infinite as is the theme of her work.

1998: Common Exhibition of Governmental Institute.

2000: Common Exhibition of Governmental Institute.

2001: Common Exhibition of self-instructive painters in the Cultural Centre of Bank Cyprus in Limassol.

2003: Common Exhibition of self-instructive painters in the Famagusta gate Culture Center in Nicosia.

2004: Common Exhibition of self-instructive painters in the Cultural Centre of Bank Cyprus Limassol.

2005: First individual Exhibition in the hotel Hilton in Nicosia.

2006: Common Exhibition in the Commercial and Industrial Chamber in Nicosia.

2006: Common Exhibition in the Municipal Art gallery of Municipality in Limassol

2008: Second individual in the Cultural Centre of Municipality in Yermasoyia.

2008: Common Exhibition in the Cultural Centre of Municipality in Yermasoyia.

Presentation of the artist in the magazine of Limassol Vivendi

Limassol, Germasogeia – Cyprus