The garage, Florina, 1959
oil on panel, 51 x 69 cm
Florina Paintings (1959-2002)
Florina is a famously picturesque town in the North West of Greece with a rich artistic heritage. It is where the artist spent his formative years. The Florina landscapes have consistently formed a major part of his work over the past five decades.
“Not only do we see Florina in the varying seasons but through the veil of the many moods of the artist, for the balance of joy and sorrow in the spirit of Loustas is sensitive and quicksilver. One moment Florina is all colour, movement and happy action and the next empty, drained of colour, a town of melancholy and rain. His quest is for the truly artistic rather than the sensational. The casting of shadows, the catching of reflections, the spreading radiancy of an Autumn day, these more intangible things he has the ability to depict … His line is quick, deft and assured.”
Lorraine Craig Arts Review (London, December, 1969)
