"Moonlit Harvest", acrylic on gesso board, Bishop Maxim, 2025

In this vibrant canvas, the abundance of summer fruit becomes a cosmic celebration. A bold slice of watermelon dominates the scene, flanked by luminous grapes and fiery clusters that seem to shimmer with their own inner light. The background dissolves into a sea of swirling blues and reds, where a radiant full moon illuminates the night, its glow scattering across the water like silver fish in motion. The composition blurs the boundary between land and sky, feast and cosmos—suggesting that the fruits of the earth mirror the mysteries of the heavens. The brushstrokes, impassioned and free, weave together joy, rhythm, and movement, as if nature itself were caught dancing under the moon’s lasting gaze. The vibrant color palette and expressive freedom bear the clear influence of Stamatis Skliris, whose synthesis of Byzantine tradition and modern expression resonates throughout this work.