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People

Citizens of an imaginary city, drawn in single line.

The People series began in Amsterdam in 2023 as an exercise in letting go of control and perfectionism.
Each face is drawn in one go, without correcting the line. I don’t pause to fix or plan. I let my hand move and see who shows up. The figures arrive while I’m drawing, not from a reference or a photo in my head. A line commits, and a person emerges, someone unplanned, with their own posture and expression. Each character is named after the feeling they give me, and the name comes last, never before.
At first, I didn’t think I knew them, but slowly I realized they are citizens of a city that does not exist on any map, assembled from everywhere I have lived. Istanbul gave me one kind of face. Paris one, Amsterdam another. San Francisco is still giving. Migration keeps adding to the cast. What I am building, without having planned it, is an imaginary global city; multicultural, multinational, quietly growing. The characters are its population and, in some way, my company that I carry with me.
The series is a growing body of work, with five pieces released as limited edition prints of 40 each. Selected original works are also available to collect.
Each one stands alone. Together, they’re something else.

People

Sylvia

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Sylvia with yellow hair and a blue collar, acrylic on teal paper, framed, photographed on a wall.

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One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Mrs. Glam in a GLAM visor cap with antler hair, acrylic on teal paper, framed in walnut. Photographed in a room for scale..

Josh

Helen

One-line portrait of an imaginary character named Helen with spiky grey-blue hair, long orange earrings and a striped top, acrylic on paper.

Madame

One-line portrait of Madame with swept red hair, a small orange flower and open mouth, acrylic on paper.

One-line portrait of an imaginary character John in a green plaid cap with a dark beard and collared shirt, acrylic on paper.

One-line portrait of an imaginary character John in a green plaid cap with a dark beard and collared shirt, shown on a wall, for scale.

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Turkish Airlines Flight Attendant, acrylic on Arches paper.

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Turkish Airlines Flight Attendant, shown on a wall, for scale.

Turkish Airlines Flight Attendant

Pelvis Iresley

One-line portrait of an imaginary character named Pelvis Iresley, acrylic on Arches paper.

Djadalose

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Djadalose, acrylic on Arches paper.

Mrs. Sesame

One-line portrait of an imaginary character named Mrs. Sesame, acrylic on Arches paper.

Milchique

One-line portrait of an imaginary character named Milchique, acrylic on Arches paper.

Bruce

Ferucho

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Ferucho with purple hair and blue eyes, acrylic on paper.

Bonvivant Diplomat

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called Bonvivant Diplomat, a man with a hat, watercolor on Arches paper.

Bonvivant Diplomat

Flexible Senator

One-line portrait of an imaginary character called the Flexible Senator, yellow hair, wearing red lipstick watercolor on Arches paper.

Flexible Senator

One-line portrait of an imaginary character Yogini, and aged and wise lady with a bun, watercolor on Arches paper.

One-line portrait of an imaginary character Yogini, shown on a wall, for scale.

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