When he returned to Zakynthos, it had come under British control. He initially focused on icons and other religious art, then became a private teacher in Lefkada, followed by a position at the Ionian Academy. In 1864, the Ionian Islands were reunited with Greece. Three years later, took part in the Exposition Universelle in Paris. He was awarded a bronze medal for his copy of a painting by Anthony Van Dyck, at the Olympia Exhibition in Athens (1870).