User:Kalimera Oia

Katerina Drosou (Κατερίνα Δρόσου) is a Greek painter born in Athens in 1977. She grew up in Santorini, in the aria of Oia, were her family originally comes from. Ever since she was a child she had an air for art. She developed her talent during her 9 school years and at the same time she attended lessons at varius art schools. In time she developed her one style. She differed from the rest by the quallity of her work at exhibitions in Athens as well as Cyclades. She accomplished studing Finance which did not win her heart and as a result she moved to Santorini permanently in order to occupy herself with a paintbrush and an easel the talent that enchanted and copleted her as a person. In 1999 she inaugurated the opening of her personal area of creation and exhibition of her Works. Since then she has been aiming to differ and be original. She pioneered the art of painting on old doors and Windows of old houses in Oia, that belonged to Captains, as well as of old traditional wineries. Her creations were inspired mainly from the physical beauty of the island and her grandfather's traditional winery (canava).With unimpaired inspiration and interest she continues to create a unique pieces with particular emotion and collective value guided by her taste and her love for art and her island.