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About the Artist

Eleni Spandagos was born and raised on the island of Crete, Greece, where she grew up surrounded by Byzantine churches. The icons and frescoes in those churches inspired her to paint at a young age, and she has been a painter ever since.

In recent years, she has returned to iconography, her original interest, and was fortunate to study under the renowned iconographer Ksenia M. Pokrovsky. She now focuses her talents and energy exclusively on creating icons in the traditional Byzantine method. Each icon is an original work of art, painstakingly created using egg tempera and gold leaf on a wood base.

Her icons are installed at numerous Orthodox churches in the United States and Greece, and have been purchased by private collectors throughout the States. They have also been featured in several national publications.

 

(c) 2017  Eleni Spandagos