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AQUARIUM, 2019 DIGITALIZED ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING 28.3X23.6 IN. | 72X60 CM.
INVITED ARTIST PEACE, 1986 OIL ON CANVAS 22X14 IN. | 55X35 CM.
WATERFALL LANDING, 2018 DIGITALIZED ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING 31.4X31.4 IN. | 80X80 CM.

DUYGU KIVANC

Lives and works in Turkey and Dunn Loring, VA,United States
http://www.dkivancstudio.com/

Duygu Kivanc is an artist who has shown her work at the United entitled “Peace.” The artwork is somewhat stylized with
Nations, Soho, Chelsea in New York, Alexandria, McLean and characteristically solid elements flowing together to create the
Fairfax in Washington DC as well as internationally in various scene. The assembled paintings evoke a vivid sense of time and
countries. Duygu has an associate arts degree in fine art place. While Kivanc clearly experiments with various media, a
from Belford University. She considers her participation in strong aesthetic point of view is present in each composition
the Art Students’ League (open studio programs) in New York too. A few of the best works can be compared with Gauguin
has influenced her development style in art. Especially, Knox in terms of their unnatural color palette and the use of flat
Martin’s instruction on abstraction has very strong influence. interconnecting shapes. These works include “Child Carrying
Kivanc presents works inspired by her three years in Bhutan Child” and “Palace Gate Road.” Readers who enjoy the style of
in narrative text and mixed-media pictures totaling 38 pages, David Hockney’s landscapes will also enjoy “Hills” and “Through
making this a brief art book. In addition to paintings of the the Window” in which soft flowing swathes of fantastical colors
South Asian nation, the artist has included illustrations of evoke a panorama. The subjects of the paintings are mostly
her native Turkey as well as Hawaii and a more abstract work landscapes, or women and children.

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