“A happy home” by Hanna Frank made me paint these paintings:
Thank you all who stop by to say hello this past weekend at The Button Factory Open Studios –Studio #208–
It was a great weekend!
// a group shot of some paintings from my Kaftan series, with two new ones: otuzüç (vezir VIII) and otuzdört
-aao
// a new painting from the Kaftan series is building
-aao
Onur and I painting the interior window pane in the studio. The ugly burgundy/brown color was bothering me since I moved in, and finally we got a chance to cover it with white. Took some time-lapse photos of us masking, painting, then finally removing the mask over the course of three days. Check it out:
Whitening: A time-lapse experiment from Onur Orhon on Vimeo.
// Last week – with Onur’s help – I painted my separator window frames to white. I had these wreaths I got from Sirince, a village near Izmir/Turkey. When you visit, you buy one of these hand made fresh daisy wreaths, wear them and walk around with them. It looks quite pretty.
I managed to bring a couple back with me and I hung them next to my evil eye protectors, over the new painted windows.
I really love how they complement each other.
-aao
I thought I was done with the “Kaftan” series. But I think I am not.
Here is a sketch of a new one that I made digitally.
-aao
I was away from my studio, in Istanbul and Marmaris for the whole month of April. It was great! With all the before and after excitement/adjustment, I have not physically been painting, let’s say for two months.
Sighhhh…
Now I am back in my studio, full of empty canvases –hopefully inspirations–
– aao
