Turkish Painter Ali Erol dazzles with expressionist artworks
DIDEM KUZU
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6 February 2023
ANKARA -- When artists follow the artistic creation, they do so with sensitivity and empathy providing a behind-the-scenes look into the inner world at their studio. Turkish painter Ali Erol, 53, is one of these artists who is able to throw the curtains wide open and allow the audience to enter the hidden backstage of creation.
Erol, painter, sculptor and art instructor, teaches a variety of art classes for individuals, including sculpture, charcoal drawing, and more. He describes the art with the following statement, “My art focuses on pattern in some kind of sequence. I seek to emphasize the
depictions of subjective feelings referring to expressionism."
Erol generally uses charcoal drawing and prefers pattern painting in his art. He tries to depict the society by means of his art. After he finished his undergraduate degree of fine arts in painting at Hacettepe University in Ankara, he gave several painting and drawing courses in Malatya and Mersin for students who aimed at studying Fine Arts at university.
"You must discover yourself because intuition is also a kind of elevation that complements one's creativity. And you need to convey your own emotions via art."
As an artist, he was especially influenced by such expressionist artists as Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele, Edvard Munch, and Gustav Klimt.
After providing young artists with some guidance on their art pieces for 30 years, he opened his own art studio, titled March Art, in Ankara in 2011. He instructed those from beginners to the most advanced students here.
"I help my students reach their artistic goals based on their interests and skill here," Erol explained. "The essence of art could be reflected when the students use their own emotional sharing and intimacy during their artistic creation," Erol said.
"Meanwhile, we observed a huge negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of art education. Anyway, we are glad to meet the art community here at art studios again now."
"it is vital to let my students be the creator, so the painting is authentic. I just assist them express themselves better. I am also the learner during their painting, and that's such a great moment for me."
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