Sea and Shells Acrylic series

This is the first of my 'Sea and Shells' series. This one is an acylic painting of Greece with a frame of sand, shells and rocks-

Color Charcoal and Pencil

Sometimes I like to add a little color into the normal black and white drawings and colored charcoal is a nice solution. This first drawing was for some friends who have the most adorable cat and so I wanted to capture his portrait so-to-speak.

Acrylic Commission

This is another commission I did for a guy who wanted to give a special present to someone.

He wanted me to paint a photo of this person's dog, which turned out well as it's almost an exact likeness. I can say it was quite a challenge, as sometimes acrylic colors can come out quite strong, (and it was the first time I paint a dog with acrylic) I wanted to keep a soft effect as the dog obviously has a very cute and sweet personality.

Acrylics-color & light source

This is a 95x35 cm painting I did with the idea in mind for it to be as colorful as possible. I needed to decorate a white wall with light coming from a window on the left so idea was to have the birds flying toward the light. The idea to add the sun came later.

Water color Commission

This is a 100 x 60 cm watercolor I did for a friend of mine who wanted a painting of his hometown (Capestrano in Abruzzo, Italy).

It was quite a big project as it was the first time I ever did a watercolor that big and was quite a challenge. It wasn't easy either to take a photo of the whole painting and getting the detail as well, so I took these other two close-up photos (the first two) so you can better see the details.

Murals

This is one of the many mural projects my mom and sisters do in the hospitals in Turkey, which I was able to participate for the first time and enjoyed immensely! It was in a children's cancer & leukemia ward.

I owe so much to my mom who is an amazing artist but also taught and encouraged me and my sisters to develop our artistic side and try to use it for the benefit of others, bringing what joy and happiness we can, whenever we can, through our talents to others.

The Orient in Acrylics

One subject I like painting is anything oriental. I lived in Egypt when I was small and have always remained fascinated by the orient, and have visited again as i was older.

The first acrylic painting is from a photo I took while visiting a temple in Luxor. I was impressed with their architecture and wanted to get it on canvas. The second one is actually a picture of my fiance posing as an Arab, which was fun to improvise also on the background.