For most artists, creating art is something that is intrinsic in their chemical makeup. "I have always found drawing and painting as a way to make sense of the world around me, as well as a means of escape," says Greek artist, Vasilis Avramidis, the creator behind the compelling series of paintings titled Resort Archeology, Outskirts and Harvester. Having grown up in a small town in Greece during the 80's and 90's, Vasilis first received a BA in Fine Arts from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki before heading off to London's Central Saint Martins for his Masters; in fact, he credits London for many of the influences that are still part of his work. "I discovered so much about art and about myself as an artist during that time. London and its outskirts are still the largest reference I use in my painted environments," Vasilis shares.

To date, his mainly oil-on-canvas creations have been exhibited to much critical acclaim in solo and group shows around the world, such as Art Athina in Athens, the Slete Gallery in Los Angeles and the Saatchi Gallery in London. His are the kind of works with brooding tones, encompassing subject matters and internal motions so precise that they attract viewers from across the room, beseeching one's notice as if a living, breathing object. "They are paintings of impossible landscapes that are being transformed into 'places' by the presence of the human mark, which, in this case, is architecture or fragments of it," shares Vasilis when we ask him about the thought pattern behind his elaborate brushstrokes. "I'm trying to create environments charged with anticipation and emptiness, ambiguous places with a sense of purpose which is yet unknown, or landscapes that create pauses out of sync with the rest of the world."