Here is a small watercolor from Lake Kournas on the Greek island of Crete. I visited my family there in 2009. -Despina
View post →This is a thumbnail drawing from one of my old sketchbooks. I had spent the day looking walking through #Greece (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Greg Betza ©2015
View post →I am re-posting a drawing from a few years back that I made in Greece. I was thinking about how intertwined the culture, sea, air, and the earth are in this scene. Greece is an extraordinarily beautiful place. My thoughts are with the people of Greece who are headed for very difficult times. It […]
View post →Irish, Greek. What’s the difference right? Here’s a bit of green for the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day from the famous olive tree of Vouves in Crete. It would’ve been even greener if it wasn’t for the rare heavy snow from this past winter that broke off many of its branches. Gotta love climate change! […]
View post →While on a recent trip to Crete I went to see the tree that is said to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old. It is scientifically impossible to accurately date olive trees because they lose their “heartwood” and do not have rings to count. But many scientists agree that the tree in Vouves, Crete […]
View post →I made this drawing in Chania, Crete in the summer of 2009. According to my note, it is called the ‘Back Door Cafe‘, a rather pedestrian name for a place in such an amazing city. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →I made this drawing in 2009 while on the island of Santorini. You’ll notice ship masts and buses in the background. We were all waiting for our ride off or onto the island…which, by the way, is one of the most naturally beautiful places I have ever visited. Click here for more drawings made on […]
View post →Here’s a watercolor I made while on a most beautiful island in Greece. Santorini was everything it was hyped up to be, and more. Greg
View post →Found this pen & ink drawing from Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. A must see if you visit Crete. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →is a church on the island of Crete, in Greece. I visited there and made this painting in 2008. A family member from that village is visiting this week and he reminded me of this piece. Greg Betza ©2013
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