I became a member after looking for something that of course I did not find right away and stumbling across Odysseus on the web. Pursuant to sending several e-mails back and forth to Greece,
Odysseus and I met and we shared our work and passion for art. This occurred in 2006. Since it has been an interesting journey with my participation in an international exhibition in Athens soon to come. Information about him and the organization follows.

Odysseus Yakoumakis discovered Stuckism in July, 2004, while surfing the net, and saw in it an antidote to what he deems "the ailments of the contemporary Greek 'artscape'".[1] He contacted Charles Thomson, the London founder of Stuckism, and a few days later founded The Romantic Anonymous Fellowship. He conceived this as a "Greek version of Stuckism" to oppose "contemporary Greek art's provincialism, sectarianism and servile importation of post-modernism". He developed the concept of "Romantic Stuckism", that is of "Stuckism with a good injection of Platonic philosophy and with a particular emphasis on both Romanticism and Classicism.[2] He published the first two Romantic Stuckist theoretical texts on the Fellowship's web site. These were "The Romantic Anonymous Manifesto" and "A Romantic & Anonymous (nonetheless signed) Critique of Post Modernism".

At that stage he was the Fellowship's only fellow and, as far as he knew, the only artist in Greece aware of the Stuckist movement. He contacted other fine artists in Athens, but described the reactions he got as "ranging from a tepid 'academic curiosity' to a sheer lack of interest or even, occasionally, to a politely concealed hostility." He was however contacted by artists from overseas and accepted them into the Fellowship. The first to apply was Ian J. Burkett, a painter living in London and founder of the Ealing Stuckists group. Shortly after, followed the painter and etcher Ilania Abileah from Canada, the painter Lafi Degani from Israel and the painter and etcher Anthe (who is of Greek descent) from the US.

[edit] Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity

Yakoumakis determined nevertheless that Stuckism should be brought "in the flesh" before the eyes of the Greek fine arts community, and organized the first Stuckist event in Greece, titled titled "Under the Cover of Romantic Anonymity", announced in early 2007.

Stuckist artists taking part include:

* Ilania Abileah
* ANTHE
* Godfrey Blow
* Jaime Braz
* Ian J. Burkett
* Susan Constance
* Selene de Packh
* Elsa Dax
* Terry Marks
* Daniel Pincham-Phipps

Guest artists participating are:

* Annunziata Fiumi-Loosli
* Matilda Hultgren
* Ray Wilkins
* Student painter Eleutherios Yakoumakis.
This will be an exciting new venture. The work is in transport currently.

I have sent "Glory to Thee", "Entreaty," and "Annunciation". Each of these pieces were greatly influenced by the Italian masters. The way they drew and painted as well as their use of symbolism.