MOODY OCEAN realistic seascape Painting

Aflatun Israilov is a professional seascape and landscape painter from Azerbaijan. ⠀ Before his art career, as a Master of sports Aflatun taught Jiu-Jitsu and Karate at local schools and had many young students all across Azerbaijan. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Inspired by the beauty of the Caspian Sea and swift mountain rivers of the Caucasus, he developed and patented a new Martial Arts style 'Su-Yolu', translated from Azeri as "Water flow". ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Water has always been a key element in his work. He made a transition to painting in 2010, when he first took a brush in the most challenging period in his life.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Aflatun's art is not just about seascapes. It conveys an intuitive feeling of nature's power. It unites opposites, showing human life is filled with challenges but that the sunshine always triumphs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In his oil paintings the artist uses traditional multiple layer technique to show movement of water, at the same time doing it playfully in a 'loose' manner and improvising a lot. Aflatun’s ability to render colour and light is phenomenal. Water being one of the most difficult objects for a painter is shown in his work in many different ways. One is obvious - realism and endless love for the Caspian Sea are playfully and professionally embodied into Aflatun’s paintings. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Aflatun’s paintings are in private collections in America, Europe and Asia. Aflatun is a member of the Society of Azerbaijani artists, the International Guild of Realism, the American Society of Marine artists and has had numerous exhibitions across the world. He has also been a participant and winner of several international art contests in Russia, Italy, Luxembourg and other countries.