new years resolutions

2011 was an interesting year. oh well, since 1978 every year has been pretty interesting :) how can i complain.
lately i have been very much into crafts thanks to my friend Aliya. lately i was busy making little gifts for my family. such as this one:

was a lot of fun, had almost zen moments when i was making them.

i guess it is usual to make new year's resolutions but this year i will not make any. instead, i will say good bye to the old year properly.
thank you 2011!
for all the problems and hassle you gave me cause they made me strong!
thanks for all the wonderful people i got to meet and new friends i made!
thanks for all my old friends, although i cannot keep in contact with many, i know they are there when i need them and i know they think of me too
thanks for the wonderful students i had, for they made me realize how much i love teaching art
thank you for my kitty for i love him very very very
thank you for my wonderful family and my Bas :)

and bad stuff have happened too but hey
it could always be worse :)
so thanks 2011, id ask you to stay but 2012 is on its way
byeeeeeeeeeeeee !

keep working

It is the 50th year of Amnesty International and they are holding an auction of artworks donated by artists to AI. The auction will take place on October 23, at the Museum Dr.Guislain in Gent. All the money will be donated to Amnesty International. 

 

I am working on a big scale painting that i will be donating for this auction. In this painting I am translating all my frustration, thoughts and emotions about the current political situation in my homeland, Turkey. It will be my tribute to all the innocent journalists and military personnel who have been in prison for several years already, still not knowing what they are being accused of. A statement will accompany the painting and you will be able to read it when the painting is finished and is ready for the auction.

sketch thursdays

why didn't i hear about this before?
check this out:
www.sketchthursdays.blogspot.com
crazy isn't it? i cannot wait until the next gathering. a great opportunity to meet local artists and work together.
wish they were gathering more often

Hear ye hear ye!

scheherazade

HEAR YE HEAR YE!
I has an exhibition
well, a small display let's say, of some of the paintings i have made since i arrived in belgium
a tribute to my initial lonely days and struggle (it was nonetheless very valuable and i learned much from it)
songs from the underground
want to see my works? you can see them at the city hall in wommelgem ;
details: http://www.wommelgem.be/activiteitendetail.aspx?id=289
or on my website :)
http://www.evilstrawberry.com
more works coming soon... to my blog and to my website
stay tuned my dearies :)

Niko Pirosmanashvili

i found a great book on de slegte (a dutch bookstore that sells some really cool stuf for really low prices) about naive art. well for those o you who do not know it, i am a big naive art fan. in the book there was an article about niko pirosmanashvili. now i can tell you all about him but perhaps you are better off reading about him yourselves on wikipedia or on other websites such as this one and this one.

well i hope you will enjoy it as much as i did.

it just re-awakened my forever longing for georgia.