August 2016
RAISON D’ETRE – STOP!
I discovered this little essay which was written on 22/02/2007, 15:00pm (It seems as though this battle has raged within me, as far as I can remember)We are constantly expanding our capacity. We crave new [...]
FACILE PHOTOGRAPHY FUN
I was playing around in my glorious studio and started photographing some objects.Blissfully it's the time of year when the poppies are blooming in our garden and I always have at least one of them [...]
July 2016
‘SEEING THE LIGHT’
'Sometimes an artist intuitively and unintentionally becomes the midwife of a little gem. I cannot help but admire and respect these adventurers for their bravery and insistence on barging into this world uninvited, in order to [...]
ADDED VALUE
My paintings are created with pigment.I have never even considered the absurd notion that certain paintings could be superior because of the amount, or the specific shade of pigment I may have applied.Value is added [...]
NOT NICE
I feel shattered today...... senseless and unexpected atrocities, have once again, devastated innocent civilians and the world at large.The brutality is chilling.I could feel the excruciating pain, as I saw images of the remains of [...]
‘EARS ARE FOR KISSING’
‘EARS ARE FOR KISSING’Aquarelle on paper Paris 2007 90 mm x 140 mm Whenever I visit Paris, I stay in the Cité Internationale des Arts. I’ve noticed that on all three occasions I’ve been there so far, [...]
June 2016
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (knowing so much yet understanding so little)
'Ive just returned from a brisk little walk in my neighborhood, where I happened to notice two rather plain (but bright-eyed) grey doves on the tarmac, nodding their little heads at each other & indicating [...]
May 2016
NO EXCEPTION
I always receive unexpected gifts when I go for my customary walk. Today was no exception.A car approached me from behind and I braced myself for the anticipated wave of stifling fumes that would temporarily [...]
March 2016
DIVINE INTERVENTION
His Eminence Damaskinos Papandreou, hosted the event where I received the Panathinaiki Lifetime Achievement Award 16 January 2016. Little did he suspect on this day, that in slightly more than 2 months he would be [...]
‘AWARENESS’ VERSUS ‘DELIBERATE LOSS OF SIGHT’
If one’s complete being has been trained to be super- aware and super-conscious, not only of the visible signs in the environment and surroundings, but also of the subtle invisible signs such as mood changes [...]
January 2016
ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATIONThere should be no dispute about whether you are 'left-brain' or 'right-brain'.A harmonious intellect fuses them both and acquires a 'LIGHT-BRAIN' Series:CRANIUM: 'SATORI' Artist: ALETA MICHALETOSCopyright reserved2002Available www.aletamichaletos.com
November 2015
THE DAY EVEN THE DOG LOST HOPE
‘THE DAY EVEN THE DOG LOST HOPE’This painting was conceptualized at the end of 2012 during a road trip with a lifelong friend and the master framer of my art work, Marcello Poggiolini. He took [...]
‘LEFT-OVERS’
Distaste for wasteSometimes there are ‘triggers’ that are catalysts for new directions in my art that I would never normally even have been capable of dreaming of! Both my parents where youngsters during the Great [...]
July 2015
T T CLOETE: A BITTER-SWEET STORY……
This sadly sweet story was born in 1994, and since then it persisted in unfolding naturally in Afrikaans....... I regret that this posting will most probably not be understood by many of my English-speaking friends.... [...]
BEHIND THE SCENES: ‘V.I.P. DEPARTURE LOUNGE’
BEHIND THE SCENES‘Over the years, I've noticed that art lovers and collectors have been interested in and fascinated with the anecdotes concerning my travels and the choices and influences when painting a specific scene, model [...]
HAPPY ENDING (The Perfect Match)
12 Years ago, I was a resident at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Whilst there, I created and exhibited a lovely collection of delicate landscapes. A few of these, returned back home with [...]
March 2015
EASTERN TIMES: FINALIST FOR EASTERN GLOBE AWARD
FINALIST: EASTERN GLOBE AWARDS ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE!This is a friendly appeal for your support!I am no.7 (one of seven finalists) for the Eastern Globe Award 2015. (Eastern Times-Pretoria)If you would like show [...]
January 2015
MOTHER TERESA: Miraculous Events & Treasured Memories
Shortly before an anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, I felt compelled to write this long overdue little essay, with all its miraculous twists and turns, as a remembrance to her. MOTHER TERESA [...]
‘BONFIRE NIGHT’ 5 NOVEMBER 2011 (LONDON)
Driving from Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, through Greenwich and Brockley, towards Wimbledon.On my right, towards the direction of The Thames, my eyes feast on a rare treat….an old fashioned BALLROOM! Doors, spread open widely, reveal the [...]
October 2014
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
LOURMARIN (Provence,France)31 October 2006 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ‘Loss in South Africa: Doubly Robbed!Not only does the ‘Grim Reaper’ harvest our beloved with his Scythe but we are now also prevented from mourning them at their [...]
August 2014
‘BIRDS & BARS- NEW YORK 2000’
'BIRDS & BARS - NEW YORK 2000'It was October 2000 and I was on a week long, whirlwind business trip to New York and Miami before my premiere 2 month sojourn at the Cite Internationale [...]
July 2014
WONDERING/WANDERING MIND
WONDERING/WANDERING MINDI love going for walks and preferably alone. The reason for my solitude is that I love been unexpectedly confronted along my way by either the original or the mundane.....and then my mind starts [...]
June 2014
WHEN ART & POLITICS PEACEFULLY COLIDE
The writing returns to the wall with an historical art exhibition by international award winning and avant garde Pretoria based artist, ALETA MICHALETOS. She feels comfortable when referred to as a contemporary idealist, visionary and [...]
May 2014
MICHAELIS TO MICHALETOS
MICHAELIS TO MICHALETOS -International Museum Day 18 May 'The Pretoria Art Museum came into being in order to house the City Councils growing art collection which had been built up since the early nineteen-thirties. Originally [...]
March 2014
‘REBIRTH’ featured in University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture Magazine
I'm very thrilled to have a full color image of my painting of Nelson Mandela 'REBIRTH' on page 55 of Art Much? The quarterly Arts & Culture Magazine of the University of Johannesburg. The portrait [...]