About the Artist

Constantina makes her home in the United Kingdom. She was born in Brighton in 1959. She works in oils, watercolour, acrylic, egg tempera, pastels and also illustrates using etching techniques and pen and ink.

Her art reflects her love of storytelling as well as the quest for self-discovery and one's spiritual transformation. Her earliest work covers her own personal spiritual process and aspects of womanhood. The image of a soul passing through the worldly plane is vividly conveyed. A series of etchings illustrate the mythology and mysticism surrounding the Baal Shem Tov, Israel ben Eliezer, one of the early founders of the Hasidic movement in Poland in the seventeenth century.

Currently she is working on a series of large oil paintings depicting the Life of Christ after receiving a vision of Him in a dream making a covenant with her to "Draw me!" 

Her unique style is influenced by medieval illustrated manuscripts, Russian and Coptic iconography, the Old Masters and an infinite imaginative capacity. Constantina's art is both immediate and energetic; vibrant and alive.

Naturally private, Constantina has spent nearly two decades experimenting and exploring methods and media. As well as researching major religions and movements in the search for underlying principles for daily living and learning the importance of 'drawing near' to the Creator at all times.

Occasionally Constantina runs workshops and demonstrations to share the beauty of the process of working as a religious artist.

She gives inspirational talks based on her experience of God through her development as an artist.

Photo by Sarah Keenan