George Politis
MASTER ARTIST
Unlock Your Artistic Potential
Mentorship is the fastest way to go from where you are today, to where you want to be!
Learn How Mentorship Works or join this mentors group below.
Not sure what stage you are? Click here for descriptions.
Mentoring Emerging Artists
Not sure if you’re an emerging artist? Find your stage here.
MEDIUMS: Watercolor
SPECIALTY: ✔ Technique
I can explain a lot about composition. What to keep from a possible subject, what to change, what to eliminate. I don’t like copying things. I love to create. In terms of colors, I can explain the qualities of several colors, how to use them in transparent layers, how to build up to create depth or darker colors without losing the transparency. How to mix on the paper mostly (instead of the palette) so that you get great variations of colors.
Being a critic of your own work is not an easy task. I was a professional chess player and trainer, so I have learnt to analyze things. Positions in chess. In a similar process I want to analyse a painting. I have been a juror in many international exhibitions and organizer of the Watercolor Biennial of Greece, so I have a lot of experience in evaluating what works and makes a good painting that stands out from the rest.
I can help artists to find what works in a painting and what maybe doesn’t work and can become better. I can offer my own critic, but I will try to make the participating artists to find their strong and weak points and use this knowledge in the actual paintings or the next ones, so that they create more successful works.
George’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Technique
Composition & Color
Providing Art Critiques
Technique Demos
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun.
It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.”
~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
NO ACTIVE MENTORSHIP GROUP
Want To Know When A NEW GROUP Opens?
MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY
He is signature member of AWS (American Watercolor Society), RI (Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors), San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS), MoWS (Missouri Watercolor Society), AWA (Arizona Watercolor Association), NEWS (North East Watercolor Society), IAF (Institut des Arts Figuratifs) and has served as President of the Artists Society of Northern Greece (2009-2015) etc. His paintings have been awarded in many international exhibitions.
He had solo exhibitions, including: Metropolitan Hotel Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2024), Govedarou Art Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2022), Ydria Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2022), IFT Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2020), Veria Byzantine Museum (Veria, 2019), Reims (France, 2019), IFT Gallerie (Thessaloniki 2018), Vafopouleion Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2017), Govedarou Art Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2015), Dipolo Gallery (Thessaloniki, 2015), Triveni Gallery, N. Delhi (2014), Reims (France, 2013), Myro Gallery (Thessaloniki , 2013), Techni Gallery (Kilkis, 2013), Piraeus Bank Convention Centre (Thessaloniki 2010), Geni Tzami, Thessaloniki, 2006, Hellenic Centre, (London, 2002), Gallery 47 (London, 2001), Aristotelion University in Thessaloniki and Katerini St-Fotios in 1999; Rodopouleio Center, Larissa in 1998; exhibition of the Organization of the Cultural Capital of Europe at City Hall of Thessaloniki, 1997; Municipality of Thessaloniki, 1996.
He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Greece and in international exhibitions and contests.
Brand Ambassador of:
- DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLORS
- ESCODA BRUSHES
Leader of FabrianoInAcquarello – Greece and Continental Leader of Eastern Europe.
He has served as juror in National and International watercolor exhibitions and he is the organizer and curator of the Thessaloniki Biennial of Watercolor (“Watercolor International – Greece”).
His paintings are featured in art books and magazines (International Artist 2001, L’ Aquarelliste 2000, L’ Art de l’ Aquarelle 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, The Artist 2000, 2002, Artissime 2013, American Artist 2018, Le Grand Livre de l’ Aquarelle by J. Gallizia etc)
ARTIST STATEMENT
I love painting in watercolor and mixed watermedia.
Selecting whether going in the “pure” direction of totally transparent watercolour, or using acrylic inks, collage and other media is based on the subject and on the personal reaction to a potential subject.
The medium is not the most important thing. The result is…
Thus, I like to experiment a lot and find new ways to express my ideas. I experiment with various materials and processes, very often disregarding rules. Especially in my “Wall Series” I like to create some… controlled chaos and find ways to compose and create a balanced painting out of this chaos.
I like aged material, rusty metal, weathered wood… time plays a very basic role in my paintings; particularly the way it leaves
its mark on varied objects and on nature itself fascinates me. I see in the old, rusty and ravaged both truth and excitement. I can find inspiration in ordinary and commonly overlooked items, responding to them with dramatically different feelings each time, whether emphasizing the serenity, the loneliness, the atmosphere, the melancholy.
My aim is to make the viewer share my feelings and share my love for such objects that have “lived” in glory once… and that can still have sparkle today !!
