I. BLOOMING FROM THE HEAD / self-portrait painting

FINAL WORK: INSPIRATION SERIES

June 2023, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic paint on canvas

INSPIRATION

Frida Kahlo, Thinking about Death, 1943, oil paint on canvas

Yellow Zinnia flowers – symbol of Türkiye

Purple Mallow flower – meaning of my name

MEDIA TESTING
Background tone & ambiance
Achieving correct skin tones in acrylic, with underpainting in grey

II. IMPRESSIONABLE CHILD / sculpture

FINAL WORK: INSPIRATION SERIES

November 2023, 20 x 15 x 31 cm, clay with glaze

INSPIRATION

Yoshitomo Nara, Fountain of Life, 2001/2014, fiber-reinforced plastic, lacquer, urethane, motor, and water, 175 × 180 × 180 cm

Yoshitomo Nara, Harmless Kitty, 1994, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 140 cm

Moomins, Dutch-Japanese-Finnish anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V., 199

III. WHERE I WORK / zine

FINAL WORK: INSPIRATION SERIES

January 2024, 21 x 29.7 cm, ink and water on watercolour paper

INSPIRATION

Freddy Currasco, Gleem graphic comic, ink on paper

Existential meditation digital sketch – inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings, with symbolism from the books The Stranger and Metamorphosis

– not yet finished

Polaroid experimentation for my final work, name not decided- inspired by David Hockney‘s polaroid portraits

– not yet finished