The style expressed by the painter is quite unique because, while he is clearly aware of the typical features of both the artistic trends of the time – i.e. the so-called Cretan school and the one known as the school of northwest Greece – he keeps an independent attitude. He uses selective elements of the two trends, and combines them with an emphasis on the lively contrast of light and shadow, which may be his personal hallmark, or it may be ascribed to a third trend. He has long been associated with the painter Antonios of the old cathedral of the Xenofontos monastery (in fact, E. Tsigaridas claims that it is the same person).
