Greek Blue Evil Eye Mandala Peinture par Olesea Arts

Greek Mataki Evil Eye Mandala - Dot Art Painting

- Final coats of high quality varnish have been applied to protect the painting
- The painting is stretched on a wooden frame , so no framing is required as I have painted the edges.
Size: 60 cm x 60 cm
Materials: Cotton canvas, gesso, silver acrylic paste, varnish, gel medium, broken seashells, pearl white colors

​What does the Greek eye symbol mean?

People's belief in the evil eye is almost as old as human history and today still continue widely. Greek Americans are deeply familiar to the concept of matiasma evil eye or matia μάτι ματάκι eye. Almost all the Greeks who migrated to the United States knows and believes the Greek evil eye matiasma.

According to the belief, matiasma that brings bad luck can result from many different causes; jealousy, envy, coveting, transferring the negative energy to a material with the eye, instant impact resulting from malevolence and perfidy and like else. But the main reason is the excessive compliment and begrudge. This praise may be with want oneness or insincere but the people without malicious can cause some one misfortune for the evil eye. So anyone can expose the evil eye to another person unintentionally.
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There are different prevention of Greek Americans taken to protect them from the evil eye and they use talismans.
This eye-shaped blue beads are talismans which used for centuries to be protected from the evil eye. Also there is a common belief that blue color has got a protective power.
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Thèmes connexes

GreeceΜάτι ΜατάκιEvil Eye MandalaEvil Eye PaintingDot Painting