About my ‘ON THE WAY’ series of paintings
I was always amazed by how children’s naivety is reflected within their very early sketches and paintings. This naivety, one may say, can be attributed to their luck of sufficient experiences and underdeveloped yet ability to digest and register the ones they already have. In addition, their not fully developed ability yet to hold and handle the pencil or the brush, underlines this expressional naivety.
In this early stage, children don’t anticipate to seriously commit themselves to exact illustrations of reality since they still don’t have preconceived notions in reference or rules, or methods, neither hierarchy. Spontaneously, they are using abstraction to express exactly what is filtered through their mind and soul.
Exactly this kind of naivety is the one I am trying to express on a first place. I am trying to see again with a fresh eye all the seriousness around me in a much lighter way.
The artistic object which intentionally is repeated in all my paintings of this series is the car. The car here literally becomes the vehicle for my intentional predisposition.
By the use of vivid colour, texture, brushstroke and distorted illustration I am trying to express ‘THIS’ naivety always committed of course to my adult experience.
Artist Biography
My name is Kyros Lontos Alexandros. I was born in Limassol Cyprus in 1962.
At the very early stages of my teen hood, Art in all its forms stood as platform of perception. The realization of the common layers that the different forms of Art have, was a source of enthusiasm, inspiration as well as attitude towards life itself.
My academic commitment to Architecture routed the following decades of my life in accordance with a carrier that someone could describe as successful. At the same time, the educational system in the United States (New York), where I had studied and lived for ten years, enabled me to undertake several electives in the field of Art and photography.
My first Art show in 1989 under the title “METAMORPHOSIS” was about 3dimentional pieces and took place in the department of Architecture in the “CITY University of N.Y” where I was studying.
After that, I returned to Cyprus where along with my architectural profession, I was able to work on my painting as well, which lead to a second Art show that took place in the Hall of Municipal Library of Limassol in 2002.
In March of 2006, came my third show under the title “ON THE WAY”, at “Morfi Gallery” in Limassol as well.
After some years of absolute devotion to my carrier in Architecture, I returned with a black and white photo show under the general title “TRAVELLING”, that took place also in a Gallery in Limassol.
October of 2024, I came back with my fifth Art show that was sponsored by the municipality of Limassol, along with the University of Limassol. This time, my visual subject was taking place, instead on canvas, on pieces of plywood the abstract shapes of which were carefully designed by me ahead in fashion of my preference.
It is noticeable to state that a piece of the show, was purchased by the Municipal Art Gallery of Limassol. The title of the show was “IN GARDENS OF EDEN” and all the pieces could be assembled in groups of seven or twelve as a puzzle without this necessarily being a pre requirement since each piece stands on its own.
Currently, I started painting in Athens where I plan to have my next Art show in a couple of years hopefully from now.
Parallel to the above chapters of my life, I was involved in music as well. Either as professionally performing or writing lyrics and composing music. Currently, I have an agreement with “Sonar Music Records-Greece”, which they have released seven songs of mine in Spotify and You-Tube up until now.
In addition, I am working on another project which is writing music for songs for the Soprano Papaioannou Maria with lyrics in Italian language by Paolo Baiocco, targeting to a show again in a couple of years from now.
Concluding, I feel blessed I was able to get involved with all things that triggered my interest since I was a child and thankful to all the coincidences that lead to that