Peregrine Icon, 25 in. x 25 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2023-2024
Peregrine Icon - Detail, 25 in. x 25 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2023-2024
Peregrine Icon in the Studio: Artist applying finishing touches
Octopus (Cephalopod) Icon, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2024. Permanent Collection of Roanoke College
Octopus (Cephalopod) Icon - Detail
Icon Paintings in "Microcosms" - Partial Gallery Installation View from Microcosms Solo Exhibition at the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries in Stockbridge, MA (June 7 - Aug 4, 2024)
Pollinators Icon, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2024
Microcosms (Gallery visitors w/ Pollinators Icon), Solo Exhibition at Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries (Stockbridge, MA). Jun 7 - Aug 4, 2024. Photo: BBG
Pollinators Icon - Detail, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2024
Pollinators Icon - Detail, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2024
Icon Installation View: Octopus (Cephalopod) Icon, Peregrine Icon, & Pollinators Icon. 2024
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Mosaic Icon Fragment, 8 in. x 9 in., Glass mosaic on cement coated tile backer board, 2024. Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios. Private Collection (Berkshires, MA)
Spotted Owl Mosaic Icon Fragment, 12.5 in. x 10 in., Glass mosaic on cement coated tile backer board, 2024. Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios
MiddleMist Rose Mosaic Icon Fragment, 11.5 in. x 10 in., Glass mosaic on cement coated tile backer board, 2024. Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios
Middlemist Rose Icon, 13 in. x 13 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Commissioned for the collection of Rare Earth Alchemy (REÅLEA — Santa Rosa, CA)
Middlemist Rose Icon (Detail)
Middlemist Rose Icon (Detail)
White-Faced Owl Icon, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2018. Private Commission & Collection (Johannesburg, South Africa)
White-Faced Owl Icon (Detail)
White-Faced Owl Icon (Detail)
Behind the Scenes - a glimpse of gilding & paint layering processes in studio
Schaus Swallowtail Icon, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2021. Private Commission & Collection (Brooklyn, NY)
Schaus Swallowtail Icon (Detail) — Applying finishing touches in studio
Artist at work on the Schaus Swallowtail Icon in his New Hampshire Studio, 2021
Schaus Swallowtail Icon (Detail)
Spotted Owl Mosaic — Site-Specific Installation by Peter D. Gerakaris for the Berkshire Botanical Garden, translated into mosaic by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody. 81 in. x 92 in. x 12 in, Glass Mosaic on stucco wall w/ live plants. 2021. Permanent Collection of the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Photo: Courtesy BBG
Spotted Owl Mosaic translates Peter D. Gerakaris’ vibrant painting and site-specific design into mosaic, presenting the endangered owl as a Neo-Byzantine icon of our contemporary environment.
Spotted Owl Mosaic (Detail ) — A Site-Specific Installation by Peter D. Gerakaris for the Berkshire Botanical Garden. 2021. Photo: Mary Gerakaris
Spotted Owl Mosaic (3/4 Perspective w/ Midsummer Plantings) — A Site-Specific Installation by Peter D. Gerakaris for the Berkshire Botanical Garden. 2021. Photo: Courtesy BBG
Spotted Owl Mosaic (Detail ) — A Site-Specific Installation by Peter D. Gerakaris for the Berkshire Botanical Garden. 2021
Spotted Owl Mosaic: Installation Process — Peter D. Gerakaris (right) with Stephen Miotto (left), carrying finished mosaic panel on-site for installation. 2021. Photo: Ryan Campbell
Burrowing Owl Icon - Tondo Ornament, 4 in. diameter, Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Special painting for Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at THE BUNKER Artspace (West Palm Beach, FL)
Burrowing Owl Icon (Tondo Ornament), 4 in. diameter, Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Special painting for Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at THE BUNKER Artspace (West Palm Beach, FL)
Burrowing Owl Icon (Tondo Ornament), 4 in. diameter, Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2022. Special painting for Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at THE BUNKER Artspace (West Palm Beach, FL)
Short-Eared Owl Icon, 13.25 in. x 13.25 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2020. Private Commission & Collection (Brooklyn, NY)
Short-Eared Owl Icon (Detail)
Short-Eared Owl Icon (Detail)
Pygmy Owl Icon, 13.25 in. x 13.25 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2021. Private Collection (New York, NY)
Pygmy Owl Icon (Detail)
Icon Series: Gallery Installation View - 3 of 7 artworks selected for the EcoArt Project Award & Exhibit at 14th St Union Sq Gallery (New York, NY). April, 2021
Spotted Owl Icon Triptych, 32 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2017
Spotted Owl Icon Triptych (Center Panel Detail)
Spotted Owl Icon Triptych (Right Panel Detail)
Spotted Owl Icon Triptych (Right Panel Detail)
Pygmy Owl Micro Icon, 1 in. x 1 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2020. An original hand-painted commission for Joanna Strassburg Fisher’s Palazzo Gritti Dollhouse Project. The Dollhouse is a miniature version of the original Venetian palazzo. To be exhibited in 2021 at the Museum of Arts & Design (NYC), The Bruce Museum (CT), & Palermo Sicily (Italy).
Pygmy Owl Micro Icon: In Situ - Commissioned for The Fisher Dollhouse: A Venetian Palazzo at the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC). Press Release Excerpt: “Peter Gerakaris’s neo-Byzantine icon presented an introspective challenge of recreating an exacting process—painting with a brush of no more than three hairs.” Photo: Jenna Bascom
Pygmy Owl Micro Icon - A glimpse of the miniature icon process with traditional gilding & painting on panel by hand
Icon Series: Gallery Installation View - “Transplants: Greek Diaspora Artists”, Group Exhibition at John Jay College's Anya & Andrew Shiva Gallery. 2018. Curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos
Spotted Owl Icon I, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2017. (As exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art)
Spotted Owl Icon I - Detail
Icon Series: Gallery Installation View - “Transplants: Greek Diaspora Artists”, Group Exhibition at John Jay College's Anya & Andrew Shiva Gallery. Curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos
Turtle Icon, 16 in. x 16 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2018. Private Collection (Fairfax, VA)
Turtle Icon (Detail)
Turtle Icon (Detail)
Artist in studio preparing hand-embellished Icon Reprise prints for Microcosms solo show (2024). The artist creates many uniquely hand-gilded, hand-embellished archival print versions of artworks from the Icon Series. Photo: BBG
Panda Icon Triptych, 36 in. x 23.25 in., Gouache & gold leaf on panel. 2018. Commission for William Lim, Living Collection (Hong Kong, China)
Panda Icon Triptych (Detail)
Panda Icon Triptych (Detail)
Panda Icon Triptych (Detail)
Panda Icon Triptych (Detail)
Video clip highlights Panda Icon Triptych as featured in An Interview with Peter Gerakaris by Danni Shen in Fjords Review. 2019
Orchid Icon, 13.5 in. x 11 in., Gouache & gold leaf on shaped panel w/ frame. 2018. Private Commission & Collection (Brooklyn, New York)
Orchid Icon (Detail)
Orchid Icon (Detail)
Barred Owl Micro Icon, 6 in. x 6 in., Gouache w/ silver & gold leaf on panel. 2018. Private Commission & Collection (San Francisco, CA)
Athena Study (Caravan Remix), 14.5 in. x 14.5 in., Gouache & gold leaf on paper. 2017. Private Collection (Athens, GR)
A multi-sensory, solo presentation of "Icon Series" paintings by artist Peter D. Gerakaris, curated by Heather Topcik at The Society for Domestic Museology. Original ambient soundtrack by composer Trevor Gureckis & Byzantine-inspired menu by Joel Topcik…
Microcosms Solo Exhibition (Partial Gallery Installation View) - Portrait of the Artist at the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries w/ Spotted Owl Icon Mosaic Fragment (far left), Peregrine Icon (left), & Octopus (Cephalopod) Icon (right)