Turkish artist Ceren Onbulak creates evocative abstract paintings aimed at stirring emotions, enriching souls, and capturing the vibrancy of life through unfiltered expression. Onbulak’s devotion to sensory awakening is evident in her use of diverse materials and mediums, ranging from acrylic paint and spray paint to natural objects found in the nearby forest. Monochromatic and flat surfaces are avoided in favor of textured, multicolored applications to create lively compositions replete with contrasts. In this vein, Onbulak’s most recent series Entropy and Touch highlight the conflicts we face as we go through life—chaos versus equilibrium, uncertainty versus balance.
Through endless experimentation, Onbulak inspires intimate engagement with her paintings, visually, tactilely, and emotionally, forming powerful bonds with the spectator. “My aim is to reach and stimulate people’s senses, to nourish their souls, to add joy and color to their lives,” she says. “I want them to be unable to take their eyes away from looking. I want them to get excited as they look at it, to want to touch it.”
After twenty years in the marketing industry, Onbulak has found liberation in the spontaneity of art. Allowing her emotions to flow seamlessly on the canvas, she embraces a realm of boundless freedom and possibilities.
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Bloody Moon, 2021 Acrylic & mixed media on canvas 20.5” x 20.5”
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Sunshine, 2022 Acrylic & mixed media on canvas 47.5” x 27.5”I make abstract paintings that awaken people’s senses, nourishing their souls, and saturating their lives with color and joy. I spend a lot of time carefully selecting and preparing my palette to stimulate powerful emotional responses. Tactility is an important aspect of my work, which I activate by experimenting with a plethora of mediums and textures, including airbrush, pencils, acrylic paint, spray paint, and natural objects. For me, art is a spontaneous emotional outpouring that flows boundlessly without restraint. It allows me to embrace infinite expression and unconditional freedom.
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