Destiny of an Artist The Artistic Journey of George Petridis

My journey as an artist has afforded me the unique opportunity to visit many places and to meet many kinds of people. I have often been surprised at how accepting these people were to me as an immigrant, a stranger, to a new country. At the same time I saw their craving hunger for the arts and a deep need for beauty in their lives. My paintings are a way to break down barriers be it language or culture. The universality of art has been so evident throughout my artistic career. With this book, I want to return some of that goodness by helping inspire the children in the arts. The youth of this world are our future and to them I dedicate this book. A culture of a people is rooted in their arts but today a new generation is being uprooted from this as drugs and the distractions of technology take over their lives. So I want this book to inspire and invigorate the young people of this world to use their imaginations. Planet Earth is truly a beautiful place and so are its people. And so with this book new destinies will be forged and I will have done my part for generations to come. - George Petridis