Yeliz Gedik

My name is Yeliz and I currently live in the Washington DC area. My earliest memory of painting goes back to the age of four when I was helping my father with his oil paintings. As I grew up, I started repressing everything creative within me. Recently, I began painting to increase my self-awareness, to find and reveal who I am, and to make peace with myself. My creative process brings me in touch with my emotions and helps me to contain them. With my art, I hope to create the same feeling within the observer. I use acrylic, markers, oil paint, colored pencils, and mixed media in the creation of my abstract expressionist artwork and portraits.