Gus Sermas

Gus Sermas with his oil painting at Cerulean Arts

Gus Victor Sermas was born in Laconia, Greece. His family emigrated to the United States, and he grew up in Texas. After finishing undergraduate study at Baylor University in Texas, he earned an MFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin. He was a professor of painting at West Chester University for many years, and was the recipient of three Fulbright Awards for study in Hungary, India and Egypt.

Gus was fascinated by classical Greek myths which he learned as a child. Throughout his career he relied on those iconic stories to engage the issues facing contemporary society and us as individuals. Rather than illustrate them, they had a general influence on his choices of color, shape and composition.

For Gus, painting was the accumulation of small but critical gestures that add up to an embodiment of his thoughts, values, prejudices, and preferences: in short, the self-made visible. His paintings are multi-level artifacts, vessels of meaning that fuse form, subject and content.

Gus Sermas passed away in August of 2023. An exhibition of his work is currently on display March 13 - April 7, 2024.

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Persephone: Calamata Fish mixed media on paper, 30" x 22"  Available

Untitled 1, mixed media on paper, 30" x 22"  Available

Untitled 2, acrylic on panel, 24" x 24"  Available

Untitled 3, acrylic on panel, 24" x 24"  Available

Untitled 4, acrylic on panel, 24" x 24"  Available

Untitled 5, oil on canvas, 16" x 20" SOLD

Mythological Flower II, oil on canvas, 50" x 42"  Available

Modern Eve, oil on paper mounted on board, 30" x 22" SOLD

Helen in the Palace, mixed media on paper, 24" x 18"  Available

Trojan Woman, conte crayon on paper, 24" x 18"  Available

Trojan War: Kassandra Vision 2, mixed media on paper, 40" x 32"  Available

Trojan War: Omen I, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30"  Available

Trojan War: Kassandra Can See, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30"  Available

Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 24" SOLD

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Gus' previous solo exhibition was held January 18 - February 12, 2023. A selection of works from that show is available at the gallery as indicated below.

Morning, acrylic on board, 40" x 30" Available

Persephone: The Mint Plant, mixed media on paper, 30" x 22" Available

Persephone: First Winter, mixed media on paper, 41.5" x 35.5"

Tree - Red, oil on board, 14" x 11"

Flowers for Electra, pastel on paper, 36" x 36" SOLD

Flowers for Electra 2, pastel on paper, 36" x 36"

Trojan War: View from Olympus, mixed media on paper, 30" x 22" Available

Trojan War: View from Olympus 1, mixed media on paper, 38" x 32"  Available

Trojan War: View from Olympus 2, mixed media on paper, 32" x 38"  Available

Trojan War: Gates Open, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30" Available

Trojan War: Troy, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30" SOLD

Trojan War: After, mixed media on paper, 30" x 22"  SOLD

Lethe - 1, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 2, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 3, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 4, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 5, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 6, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  SOLD

Lethe - 7, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Lethe - 8, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 9, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 10, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 11, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Lethe - 12, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 13, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  SOLD

Lethe - 14, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Lethe - 15, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Lethe - 16, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Anger of Demeter - 1, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11" SOLD

Anger of Demeter - 5, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Anger of Demeter - 7, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Anger of Demeter - 8, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Anger of Demeter - 9, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Anger of Demeter - 10, mixed media on paper, 14" x 11"  Available

Trojan War: Before, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30" SOLD

Trojan War: Red Cloud, mixed media on paper, 22" x 30" SOLD

River of Styx: Entrance, mixed media on paper, 38" x 30" SOLD