Early stuff (pencil drawings and other wonders)

Pencil drawings

You can click on the picture and see my early works. I was learning how to do pencil drawing by copying the pictures from the books.

The Feast of the Hunters' Moon

A scene from the Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

Kutbi (or Could be)

This is our bear(diminutive) laying on an armchair :) His name is kutbi, kudbi, or could be.

Carved tree

Mask

When we came to the US to study several years ago, we brought a mask from our home country. It's a beautiful mask. One day, I will make a replica of it. I promise.

Meanwhile, I made this one by using wooden sticks and glue. It has several layers so it's kinda 3-D.

Bonsai

This is my first bonsai tree ever! I used wooden sticks, acrylic paint, and glue to create this piece. It is now almost two years old and lives happily with us.

(Some may think that it looks like a dna model.)

Landscape

So, this is how I learned painting :)

Lady and Crow

Early paintings:
I copied one of Nene Thomas' paintings.

Cats

Early paintings:
Here is a copy of a Muhsin Bilyap painting. I think it is easier to learn how to paint by looking at other really good painters.

Love

Early paintings:
Here we are!

Seaside

Early paintings:
I like Nene Thomas's paintings. The central figure of this painting comes from her wonderful work.

Small World

There is a fantasy store in Amsterdam. It is full of fairies, elves, dragons, and things like that (not the real ones, of course :). There I took several photos. Then I saw the stained glass window on the second floor. It was really impressive. I took a picture of that, too. One day I was looking at the photos I took in Amsterdam. I saw that picture. So, I wanted to use it as a model to impress you-(may)-know-who :)

This is the first 'fantasy' painting I have ever done.

Tree

I was fascinated by this tree during all the seasons. It is a huge one. This painting illustrates its early summer face.

Trees in the fall

Trees... They are always beautiful! I don't know what they represent. A Zen master might say they do not represent anything, they are just trees; tree is tree, nothing else. To me, perhaps, they reflect something: time. Maybe. Who knows!

Waterfall (gift)

This is a birthday present for Arvind! I hope that he is taking good care of it :) I liked the details of this painting. Believe me, it was a challenge for me.

Krakow-Poland

We spent about a week or 10 days -- I don't remember it exactly -- in Krakow, Poland. The city center is so beautiful and well preserved. I intended to paint a few scenes there but I didn't have my tools with me -- well, to be honest, I started having an interest in painting much later --. Anyhow, when I visit that city again, I make sure to sit and let the scenes emerge.

Sunset-1 (gift)

A birthday gift for Marina!

Reflection

Reflections are one of those things that always fascinate me. Eray sent me a photo one day. When I saw his photo, I thought it was a good inspiration. It took me a while to finish the painting.

England (sold)

Very first painting. Thank you Inci for the photo.

Village (sold)

This is one of the first paintings I have ever done. For this painting, I used the very first picture that I took when I was a kid. Apparently, it was very sunny day. It seems that as if the sunlight penetrated through the leaves and hence caused very spots on the road.