Vassilis Kolokythas, Greece born 1948. Oil on canvas still life painting. Signed by the artist lower right. Framed. Circa the 1980s. Vassilis Kolokythas was a graduate of Physical Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In parallel with his involvement in athletics, he jumped into art very early, developing great skills in the area. He took his first painting class in the lab of Dimitris Vergidis from Thessaloniki where he met Katia Lousta and Thanasis Karamitas. However, the mentor that gave him the tone and the deepness in the color, and the rich light from the Greek countryside, the tradition and the myth, was Giorgos Kazounis. Vassilis is critically acclaimed throughout Greece for his many solo exhibitions. His works can be found in the hands of both Greek and foreign collectors.