Wars, terror attacks, natural disasters and increasing violence are now constantly with us thanks to tools of mass communication that continue to develop as a result of technological advancements. On the one hand cyber-attacks become inevitable, on the other hand the same technology that multiplies violence makes it possible to rebuild the things that have collapsed; it helps us get closer to the boundaries of the universe and makes possible the advancements in medicine and science. Sometimes canceling each other out and sometimes complementing each other, these contrasting processes (which can be considered either good or bad) have given birth to the contrasts in my paintings. We sense that these paintings –which at first look like images of nature– are based on universal disasters; or that depictions of explosions and smoke have been softened with pastel colors. We sometimes observe the unique beauty of the sky attempt to hold on to the canvas. Just like the contrasts in life, the painting manner sometimes becomes ambiguous, and sometimes it multiplies in layers and gets covered with earth.

In this first quarter of the 21st century, our understanding and perception of the things that lie beyond the image develops in accordance with the continuity of images that are added to one another, instead of biased presentations of events by the media.