Demy Karalis

📍 Glendale AZ
🎨Expressive Realism
SILENT STORIES WHISPERED IN COLOR, TEXTURE, AND LIGHT
Oil, Mixed Media, Gold.

Finding beauty, wisdom and hope through the stories life gives us
👇Originals, prints and about the artist
www.demykaralis.com

10/30/2026

I started these three owl paintings together, and it has been interesting to watch each one develop its own character.

The owl has always been connected with wisdom, but for me it also represents intuition and perception — the ability to notice what may not be immediately visible.

That is one of the reasons I keep returning to this symbol.

The subject may repeat, but the feeling never has to be the same.

Each painting becomes its own story.

Which of the three catches your attention first?

10/23/2026

We took a lot of photographs on this road trip, but looking through them now, I realize that what I brought home wasn’t only pictures of the places we visited.

I remember the autumn colors, walking through the trees, beautiful views, sunsets from the road, meals after long days, and especially the moments when Panos and I were simply laughing and enjoying being there.

I’m usually the one who plans the route, the stops, the hotels, and, very importantly, the food.

But you can’t really plan the moments that become your favorite memories.

Those just happen.

And those are the things I’m happiest to bring home.

What is the first thing you usually remember after a trip — a place, a person, or a particular moment?

10/21/2026

I thought being an artist meant spending my days painting.
Well, I do paint, but apparently I'm also running a small company with a staff of one!

There are photographs to take, social media posts to prepare, website updates, paintings to finish, and a hundred little things that have nothing to do with holding a paintbrush.

And somewhere in between, I'm also the Chief Navigator on our road trips. 😂

I wouldn't trade my creative life, but sometimes I wish I could hire a few more versions of myself!

How many different jobs do you do in a day?

10/19/2026

This is not my dream studio.
But it is where I am building the dream.
Someday I imagine a big white studio filled with light, with paintings covering the walls and people coming in to spend time with the work.
I would love collectors to walk through slowly, hear the stories behind the paintings, and find one that feels like it belongs with them.
I want people to know my paintings and remember them.
For now, I am building toward that dream here, one painting at a time.

If you came into my future studio, which series would you want to see first?

10/14/2026

I’ve been thinking lately about what makes an artist’s work feel recognizable.
My paintings don’t all use the same technique, and they don’t all have the same subject.
Some come from mythology. Some from the Arizona desert. Some from memory, birds, women, flowers, or places .
For a while, I wondered whether that made the work feel too different.
But when I look at everything together, I keep seeing the same things return: light, symbolism, memory, quiet strength, and transformation.
Maybe consistency doesn’t always mean repeating the same look.
Maybe it lives deeper in the way an artist sees the world.

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Glendale, AZ

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https://demykaralis.com/

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