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Artist brings inspiration to Fellows Riverside Gardens
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Lilian Filippou put up nature decorations at Fellows Riverside Gardens to go along with her nature paintings she has on display in the Weller Gallery through the end of November.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Lilian Filippou painted portraits of the same fruit, but from different angles, to show how the same thing could be viewed in different ways.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Vasiliki (Lilian) Filippou stood next to some of her favorite paintings that are on display at the Weller Gallery at Fellows Riverside Gardens until the end of November.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Lilian Filippou's created her paintings with inspiration from the flowers at Fellows Riverside Gardens. Several of her paintings will be on display at the Weller Gallery through the end of November.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Fellows Riverside Gardens welcomed artist Visiliki (Lilian) Filippou to meet with people and display her artwork at the Weller Gallery on Sept. 3.
Filippou has been interested in art her entire life and started painting when she was 7-years-old. She was born and raised in Athens, Greece and studied several topics about art during her time at the Vakalo Institute of Applied Fine Arts.
“I travel to many countries. I’ve done 95 exhibitions in the past year,” said Filippou.
The gardens of Greece and her home in Ohio have inspired Filippou to create the artwork she has on display at Fellows. Filippou fell in love with the gardens at Fellows and the many different types of flowers inspire her to create several pieces of art.
Canada and New York are just a couple places that Filippou has enjoyed traveling to and looking and their art. She travels all over the world to look for inspiration and to show off her paintings. Filippou enjoys painting outdoor portraits the most.
“I like working where they have art. The first thing I’m going to see is the art,” said Filippou.
Filippou worked for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games as part of the costume design team for the opening ceremony and helped in designing forms. She worked in advertising agencies and magazines as a graphic designer and art editor, worked as an illustrator for children’s books and painted ceramics.
Filippou lives in Athens for six months and in Ohio for the other six months. She continues to travel to host exhibits and explore the art in other parts of the world. Filippou will be available to meet with again at Fellows Riverside Gardens on Oct. 23 and Nov. 4. Her work will continue to be on display through the end of November.