Eser Afacan

Infobox Artist
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nationality = Assyrian
field = Painter, Sculptor
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Eser Afacan (born 8 August 1953) is an artist, painter and sculptor. His father, who was also an artist, was Assyrian, and his mother was Greek Orthodox.

Eser began drawing at a young age. He studied in Manchester, England before moving to Norway in 1978 to study Mathematics and Physics at the University of Bergen. As a student, he got to know the famous Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum and worked in his studio in Oslo.

He lived in England and Norway for 32 years. In 1986, Eser had his first art display and from that date onwards has exhibited his work in many different countries (Norway, Turkey, USA, Canada).

He and his family emigrated to Canada in 2003, settling down in Kingston, Ontario.

Works and their background

The works of this painter, one of the top modern artists as far as his drawings and paintings are concerned, are produced on meditation of existential fears and intimate harmony of human life. He sustains that he never followed a particular school of art or artist before the Norwegian experience (under Nerdrum). But Afacan, in his works, still maintains personally the echo of experience under Odd Nerdrum.

Painting technique

The technique of the artist is based upon intermixing tempera (which is opaque) and oil paints (which is transparent). It is one of the modern techniques that fully use integration of both types of paint applied on the paintings.

External links

* [http://www.afacan.com Eser Afacan's official site]