Ozlem Sen

I was born in the mid-60s somewhere in the middle of Turkey.

I've had a very busy life that has seen me living in many countries wearing many different hats and while this has been a wonderful journey it has also meant that my passion for painting, drawing and creating things with my hands has always come second best. It is only recently that I finally realised that I was preventing myself from really embracing something that I've always felt is central to who I am and so I've started creating again.

So there are two key things I would like to share with you;

1. The first is about ME: What I feel while I'm creating:
In art I feel like I'm creating something permanent - not just drawings or colours or collages but my thoughts, my experiences, my feelings, my frustrations, happiness... my life in short. My works are made of many different materials that I find and collect as I walk along the beaches, through the woods, along streets in many different countries, in fact anywhere I find inspiration. I collect whatever I think might be of use from seashells to magazine cut outs to egg shells. I categorize them according to their texture, colour, shape and size. I spend a lot of time considering their form and wheneve...