A Painter's Journey to Istanbul

February 18, 2014

Hooked on Turkey, February 2014

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#tbt to a special weekend getaway @mimigallo Miss having you on my timezone already! (and our little neighbourhood in castello!)

L'arte di Blub a Firenze. Everytime I visit Firenze artist Blub has a new character plastered to the walls with a snorkel on. I'm sure my American friends will appreciate this one too! #deepwater #abe #firenze #streetart #blub

amazing Roman acquaduct in Spoleto #spoleto #spoletofestival #daytrip #awesome

Rana cat ❤ summertime #catsofistanbul #catsofinstagram #cihangir #kedi #mood #cats #lovelife

dramatic #cloud formations on my morning #walk #summertime

My copy of this book by American painter Ian McKibbin White arrived in the mail! It was a joy to design and working with Ian a real pleasure. Now that it's complete, I will miss hearing all his interesting plein air painting stories on skype! Fortune

On the summer solstice these huge, beautiful sunflowers opened. Each are taller than a person and they rotate together during the day to face the sun #awe #solstice #sun #life #nature #summer #italy #umbria #beauty #assisi

The smell of the roses in our neighbours' garden is wafting through our windows on a warm breeze and it is heaven. The garden's caretaker is an older gentleman and his wife. He is Rana's favourite person to watch out the window. I like to know he is

Getting hot for the Rana in her felt pod! Have to make her a summer variation! Maybe some kind of tent... #catsofistanbul #catsofinstagram

It was a pleasure to paint the cover for Maine writer Jefferson Navicky's recently released fantastic book The Paper Coast. I made the first version of this painting, Endless Sea, during a residency on the remote and arrestingly beautiful Monhegan Is

Miniature Paintings

ISIS Loots at Nimrud, 2016

egg tempera on panel

20 x 13 cm

SOLD

Militants Play in the US Embassy Pool, Tripoli

egg tempera on panel, 2015

18 x 10.5 cm, color study

final work on panel, SOLD

Migrant Shipwreck off Lampedusa, Mediterranean Sea

egg tempera on panel, 2015

10 x 15.25 cm

SOLD

Gezi: Protests on Istiklal, Istanbul

egg tempera on panel, 2015

18 x 10.5 cm, SOLD

Al-Ghouta Chemical Attack, Syria

egg tempera on panel, 2015

18 x 10.5 cm, SOLD

Keleti Station @ Real Art Ways

February 21 - June 30, 2016

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"Sara Dreams Aleppo," Watercolors

Original watercolors, 100% of sales donated to Small Projects Istanbul - for Syria. Contact me to purchase.

Sara Dreams Aleppo 2

Sara: "I have a dream that is amazing. I was walking in he street, and there is an army and I was trapped from behind. I was blocked on both sides."

Sara Dreams Aleppo 3

Sara: "I am sacred of dreams. I am walking in a house, and then some snipers stand in a circle around me. And then, they shoot me! One of them shoots me here, one shoots me here, and one shoots me here."

Sara Dreams Aleppo 1

Sara: "There are lots of dreams, nice dreams. There's one where I was riding a horse. I'm running and I am happy. It's really clean... There are flowers, people come and start singing."

An ongoing series of water colors based on the dreams of a young girl, Sara, who is five years old and lives on one of the front-lines in Aleppo with her mom, two older sisters and one older brother. Her father is a commander in the free Syrian army. She was inter-viewed in the documentary Children of Aleppo for PBS in February 2014.

We are Staying

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