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Just came back from the wonderful Greek island, Crete. Me and my husband just spend there a wonderful vacation ( in June 2013 ).
I was mesmerized by the beauty and the charm of this Mediterranean island.


Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and Chania is the second largest city of Crete.



The Venetian harbour of Chania was build by the Venetians between 1320 and 1356. The harbor was used for commerce and also to control the Sea of Crete against pirates. Venetian harbor with its lighthouse is the trademark of the city of Chania.


The lighthouse from the Venetian harbour of Chania was built at the harbor entrance by the Venetians and restored in its present form by the Egyptians ( 1830 - 1840 ).

I am a professional full time artist living in Bucharest, Romania, specialized in impasto palette knife textured colorful oil paintings. My paintings are textural impressionist, abstract figurative, with references to expressionism and fauvism. My style is best expressed in my series of Abstract Cityscapes. I started this series of abstract cities many years ago and it is a recurrent theme for me. I am a wanderer, a beauty seeker ... traveling a lot and I find inspiration in the beauty of the places I am blessed to see. Always my eyes are haunted by Abstract City Patterns. Everywhere I wandered, in Europe, Asia, North Africa, always I seek for panoramic views of the cities in which I am able to observe what I call the Abstract City...