Not all that I’ve painted, sketched, and drawn there I have in photos with me now. But there are some – let’s take it from here.
We first met in late December 2016 but I didn’t make much art then. It was chilly, grayish, raining all the time, from light drizzle to a real rain and my hostel hosts were kind enough to lend me an umbrella. And of course, you could sit near a full wall front window in a cafe-hall on the ground floor with your computer and watch the street… Something like this:
And then it was a spring. Some spring courtyards.
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- Rainy day
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- View of the back yard from my window
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- Another view from my window
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- Closer and more sun
And the sea.
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- View of the Asian [Anatolian] side from the European side Karaköy pier
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- This is not exactly Istanbul – but a place named Rumeli Feneri at the very north of Bosporus. The Black Sea and a mild sunset
And then summer came and I went to see the other Turkey – since all my local acquaintances were saying that Istanbul is not really Turkey (though, with my outsider view, I must say, I think, actually it is…).
And yet another winter – end of 2018 now 🙂
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- Down the street to the sea, Beyoğlu part
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- Sea and a ship at Karaköy pier
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- The sea from Karaköy
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- Pencil sketch from a wintertime window of my hostel
At the end of that winter I stayed again in Istanbul and lived with a great host, a writer, and her gorgeous fluffy red cat. And this summer too I came again – but about this later, or there would be too many pictures for this one post 🙂 Stay tuned and subscribe down this page!
And to wrap up the story – some cats of the times when I was learning Turkish (when I will actually finally learn it?…. :-/ )
* Note: most of the paintings presented here you can find also in my Gallery on the front page
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