GEORGI in St Dimitrija. Photo: Boris Spremo, Toronto Star.
Georgi Danevski is one of the featured artists in The Art of Spirituality: Exhibition of Christian Orthodox Icons by the Serbian Heritage Academy of Canada.
“In its core, art – as a result of inspiration – is spiritual in nature. We could explain art as an exploration of the source; a journey of discovery of the nature of things; a search for the universal truth where artist is a mediator between the source and a receiver.”
STRONACH Portrait, Byzantine tempera and oil on canvas. 2003.
Artist Georgi Danevski puts the finishing touches on a painting of Frank Stronach in Toronto in May, 2003. The painting, which features horses and the Magna head office in the background, is oil on canvas and measures 4′ x 5′. It was displayed in the Jockey Hall of Fame at Woodbine race track in Toronto, along with other horse related paintings to be unveiled by jockey Sandy Howley.
GEORGI Michelangelo, UMD Magazine
March 13 marked an exclusive world premiere and gala dinner to celebrate the new documentary film “Georgi Danevski: Confessions of the Heart.” Various dignitaries, including Macedonian Consul General Martin Trenevski and UMD Director of Canadian Operations Jim Daikos, were present at the event, which was held in the Great Hall of Sveti Kliment Ohridski Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, Toronto.
GEORGI Danevski – Confessions of the Heart. Life Documentary Film. OMNI Television.
“Georgi Danevski: Confessions of the Heart” begins with Toronto artist Georgi Danevski’s return to Macedonia after many years in Canada for the wedding of his daughter Sara.
GEORGI poses in front of his mural-in-progress at St. Dimitrija Solunski Orthodox Church in Markham. Toronto Star.
Every day, Georgi Danevski adds an angel to the architecture. And by the time Danevski’s mural is done, at 600 square metres, it could be the largest of its kind in North America.
“I make it with love for God, with love for my people and with love for every human,” he says, his thick accent betraying Macedonian roots.
So far, it has taken the artist two years to deck these walls and ceilings with some 500 icons of Christian history. There’s John the Baptist, Mother Mary and Jesus among scores of saints from the Orthodox tradition – all surrounded in gleaming 24-carat gold leaf.
GEORGI Danevski – Toronto Star, 1995. Photo by Boris Spremo.
Georgi Danevski paints Jesus Christ in oil for Saint Dimitrije Solunski Macedonian Orthodox church, which has just been built in Markham. He describes his work as evolving Byzantine iconography to a new plateau.
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