TRIBUTE | Alekos Fassianos always believed that an artist should create with what they know

On a quiet street lined with orange trees, sheltered from the hustle and bustle of Greece's capital Athens, lies the house of renowned contemporary artist Alekos Fassianos.

Paintings, lithographs, ceramics and tapestries line the walls, but the secrets of the three-storey building's eye-catching interior are rarely unveiled to the outside world.