Nea Paralias Autumn 2015

Illustration for the song page. Medium: ink and watercolour
Info: Poios eimai ego [Ποιος είμαι εγώ] by Mixalis Xadzigiannis. A strong lyrics and melody concerning deception and the compassion of a person towards to her/his lover.

Illustration for the receipt page. Medium: ink and watercolour
Info: as you notice from the illustration, it is a traditional cake related with religious practice. According to the Greek orthodox belief, if one person loses something important or s/he needs health or lover, one cooks fanouropita and serves to 12 people in a church to dedicate Saint Fanourios. The saint and cake worship is practiced in Crete, Rhodos and Cyprus...according the information that I collected by internet. The saint is represented many times as a sober and discreet character holding always a big candle probably to enlight what is invisible and help to the humans find what they need. In Izmir (Smyrni for Greek readers) there is the practice "aceleci bacı" (hasty sister) which has similar features. In that case, a person makes a helva, again a dessert, makes a wishes, prays and shares it with the neighbours. I hope one reader will make me a fanouropita one day, I am so curious!

Memories

Collage, pencil and oil pastel. (42 x 29 cm.)

Personal comment: My first collage combining pencil and oil pastel techniques. I adopted a little the paper-cut technique of Matisse while I painted some papers and cut with the form of flower and seaweed. The content is about a teenage guy who looks through the door of roof floor of the house that he spent the summers of his childhood. While he looks to the landscape he evocates his memories. Interior which becomes colourful with the recalling of many memories is distinguished by the 'outside' which was abstracted by the monochrome texture of the pencil. The first plan of 'outside' gives a scene from Alice in Wonderland which supports the content to the childhood and dreamy atmosphere of the composition. The anthropomorphic fishes and seaweeds at the foreground represent the subconscious; always there but deep behind of interaction of the moment. In the composition regarding to the interaction of landscape and teenager, they seem to play main role. However, the subconscious characters are waved bottom and first plan to highlight their existence.

La Salle de Bain

 Cover (above), Interior (below) / Medium: Ink and watercolour

Wedding gift for my friends Liang & Arnaud. They got married Saturday 27th of June 2015 in Toulouse. They hosted me very well during the wedding weekend. The gift was for their bathroom to evocate their fantasies giving reference to French and Chinese cultures. I aim to give a prosperity to their house and refresh their "la flamme d'amour". Lastly, I saw that they put that erotic fairy tale illustration to their office... Although the concept was water and air, who knows maybe they need some water and air while they work? ;)

My congratulations again to the recently married couple Liang Pan & Arnaud Bottin. Let say in Turkish: "Allah bir yastıkta kocatsın evlaaadım!" :)

Nea Paralias Summer 2015

Illustration for the humour page. Medium: ink and watercolour
Synopsis: an entire classroom of dummies doesn't answer where America is. One answers and becomes the "explorator".

Illustration for the song page. Medium: ink and watercolour
Info: the visual interpretation of the song "Πέντε πέντε δέκα (Βάρκα στο γιαλό)" by Mikis Theodorakis (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcleY7LViM
Personal comment: I loved listening to this song many times. It diffuses the naive and joyful ambiance of a sunny day somewhere in Aegean Sea. While I was listening to the song, I evocated a scene that I was going to picknick with a group of friends in the forest and leaving together to the seaside with an old volkwagen van. Such a shiny, light, innocent music which leads me also to have nostalgia absorbing me to a melancholy. Thank you Theodorakis!

Nea Paralias Spring 2015

Nea Paralias magazine, Spring 2015. Client: Eleftheria Paralias Association (vzw)

Medium: watercolour, charisma colours and pen

Cover illustration, 'Spring on the Beach'

Humour page's illustration, 'Who are you?'

Song page's illustration, 'Nights of Loneliness' song by Adonis Remos.

To listen the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKagY4imyy0&feature=related

A Doctor Case #2

Overwhelmed people seem to be my inspiration source. I created a new booklet for the people, not only for the doctors but also for all the people working in the health domain.

Booklet front "A Doctor Case #2", mixed medium

Booklet back "A Doctor Case #2", mixed medium

Open the Doors 2

EN- An illustration with "Open the Doors" title. In the illustration while an elf character is floating between the colourful clouds and holding a pocket watch, he says in Dutch "Open de deur in uw hurt voor de illustratie" (open a door in your heart for the illustration) The illustration is made on a thick and high quality watercolour paper and the strap consists of a burgundy ribbon. You may not only hand on your room's door handle, but also hang on your window to express yourself, or you may stick backside of your car.

TR- "Open the Doors!" (Kapıları aç!) başlıklı masalsı bir ilüstrasyon. Resimdeki cin karakteri renkli bulutların içinde süzülüp elinde bir cep saati tutarken Felemenkçe "Open de deur in uw hurt voor de illustratie" (ilüstrasyona kalbinizde kapı açın) diyor. Resim kalın ve yüksek kaliteli suluboya kağıdına yapıldı, askı yeri bordo renkli kurdeleden oluşuyor. Kendinizi ifade etmek için odanızın kapısına olduğu gibi, dışarıdan görülecek şekilde pencerenize asabilir veya arabanızın arkasına yapıştırabilirsiniz.

Vegetarian Days...so light!

Vejetaryenliğin çok sağlıklı olmayan, çok bilmiş insanlar tarafından uygulanan bir beslenme biçimi olduğunu düşünülür. Ancak bazı dönemler sebze ve meyve yemeyi ihmal edebiliriz. Daha sağlıklı bir yaşam için sebze ve meyve ağırlıklı bir yaşam benimseyebiliriz! Vejetaryen beslenmeyle hayvanları korurken lezzetli sebze yemeklerini birbirimizle paylaşabiliriz! Örneğin kaç kişi annemin yaptığı Girit usülü lezzetli enginarlı pilavı bilir? Ya da domatesli pilav ve bamye? Vejetaryen beslendiğimde, özellikle taze meyve ve salata yediğimde ben de resimdeki çocuklar gibi uçacağımı hissediyorum.

It is considered that being vegetarian is a unhealthy nutrition practiced by pedant people. However we may neglect to eat vegetables and fruits in some periods. We can adopt a more vegetarian life for a healthier life! While we protect the animals, we can share share the vegetarian recipes with each other! For example, how many people know delicious Cretian meal of rice with artichoke that my mother cooks? Or the rice with tomatoes and okra? When I eat vegetarian, especially take some raw and fresh vegetables and fruits, I feel as if I fly like the children on the picture.

Illustration for "Dagen Zonder Vlees/Les Jours Sans Viande" (Days Without Meat) campaign in Belgium.

Medium: ink, watercolour
Format: 29,7 x 21 cm.

A Doctor Case

Doktorlar yaşamımızda vazgeçilmez insanlardır. Herşeyimizden vazgeçeriz, sağlığımızdan vazgeçemeyiz. Biraz hastalansak can acısından hemen soluğu güvenilir bir hastanede alırız. Doktor bizi hemen iyileştirsin isteriz. Ancak doktorlar da insanlardır; acıkır, yorulur ve yoğun hasta ziyareti altında gergin, kızgın ve bezgin hissedebilirler. Bu koleksiyonu doktor arkadaşım Pınar Haznedar ve fizyoterapist kuzenim Tolga Çapanoğlu'na ithaf ediyorum.

Doctors are the undeniable people in our lives. We can release by everything, but we cannot by our health. When we get a little sick, we rush to a safe hospital because of the pain. We expect that doctor shall heal us immediately. Unfortuantely doctors are humans too: they get hungry, tired and they may feel nervous, angry and overwhelmed under the intense visits of the patients. I dedicate this collection to my doctor friend Pınar Haznedar and physiotherapist cousine Tolga Çapanoğlu.

 Booklet "a Doctor Case #1" front page: the various moods of the doctors

Booklet "a Doctor Case #1" back page: the relaxing suggestions for the doctors

Medium: ink, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, colour pen, watercolour, Photoshop CC
Format: 27 x 10 cm.

Open the Doors

Ink and watercolour. A free illustration for the Bologna Children Book Fair.

Nea Paralias Winter 2015

 Cover illustration, Nea Paralias magazine, January 2015. Client: Eleftheria Paralias Association

Humour page illustration, Nea Paralias magazine, January 2015. Client: Eleftheria Paralias Association