Category: Painting on Paper
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Valentine’s Day Open Studio
So, a friend of mine mentioned an artist she read about who was trying to survive on donations she was soliciting as a means of support for her art-making. I’m guessing that if she’s doing this through a crowdfunding web site, she’s “giving away” pieces of artwork as “gifts” to the folks making these donations. I suppose that…
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My Holiday Presents to You
As the media reports on Black Friday pointed out so emphatically, the holiday season is upon us. Need I list them all? I don’t think so… If you’re among the anxiety-prone and you’ve already begun fretting over the proper response to ‘Merry Christmas’ (as I get wished in Turkey) if you aren’t Christian (I’m not), or ‘Happy Winter Solstice’ (as…
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Wisteria Books
So, I made these books last month, see? Back when the wisteria was in full bloom here in Bodrum. Here we call it “Mor Salkım” – in other words, “Hanging Purple”. Boy, it was just hanging all over – I even followed Fadime’s advice and made some Wisteria Jam – believe it, or not. I…
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Number 10
It is the time of year where it is warmer outside the house than it is inside the house. Still, it is not quite painting weather (the blessed shade is less blessed in April than in July), so instead of getting back to the Water Paintings (or following up on the urge to begin some…
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Women in Art
The following pictures are from the installation titled ‘2000 Women’ from 2000 that featured 2000 drawings of naked women. The drawings were all copies of about 7 classic nude images from artists ranging from Reubens to Degas. After the exhibit, I thought that a better title might be ‘Backfired’. (unfortunately, best resolution I’ve got –…
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More long, tall art
As is wont these days, I will begin with full disclosure: These pieces are from last week. Since then, I’ve spent my time on 1. ‘engaging in paid work’ (boring); 2. developing a project (not boring, but definitely more left-brain than studio work); 3. visiting (sometimes I like to do that); and 4. (starting…
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Homesickness (Sıla Hasreti) Installation
Homesickness (Sıla Hasreti) is the name of the installation I created with collaboration from a lot of other people, including Deniz Defne Acerol (sculptures) Hope Holtzman (tapestries) 26 students in the 4th-grade class of Jale Toprak, a teacher at Akyarlar Elementary school, whose students I have known since they were in the 1st grade,…
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A Little Lake
Just a few small watercolors from NY, trying to capture the changing of the leaves all around the edges of the lake. Next year, I will try not to break my ankle before the fall foliage season begins, and maybe we will have some more paintings. This year, it was abut all I could…
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La Mer
Back we are, at Kissebükü. But are we on the shore under the umbrella, or are we on “La Mer”? I had a very hard time with this painting. It just did not know what it wanted to be. As a result, it went through several stages before it was finished (and silly me forgot…
Deborah Semel Demirtaş 