Senorizm Snlzdmr

Hi everybody! I am Şenol Özdemir (aka Senorizm) and as though I was born in Germany, I am living in Bursa, Türkiye nowadays. I finished Anadolu University, Education Faculty Art Department once upon a time... Meanwhile, I prefer called myself especially as a Painter, not an Artist; because I just paint!

In early years I worked on fantastic illustrations in dijital media. Because it was the easy way, to me, creating something with layers instead of doing brushwork on the canvas. After I cheated myself a very long time, I returned into Real Art and I started from the first step: classic still life subjets.

In my works, I very deeply inspired by nature, natural rustic old items, ruined mystical places. So I am feeding from real wold and my imagination. I like working on classical realism, thus the light is most important element in my oil paintings. My studio takes North light, so I always work all day in the natural light condition. I never work in the nights with artificial light, except if I designing new ideas, drawing sketches or making conceptual coloring doodles in PS with Wacom.

I am heavily influenced from Rembrandt, the master of chiaroscure. I love using dramatic light and shadow transitions and textures, so I prefer w...