" Watching Inferno "

All profits from this artwork will be donated to a charity for planting trees in Turkey.

This painting emerged from an intuitive, emotional moment. I woke up in the middle of the night with an overwhelming sense that something wasn’t right, and without thinking, I picked up my brushes and painted this piece. At the time, I didn’t know what it meant—just that it carried a weight I couldn’t ignore. Weeks later, when the fires in Turkey devastated entire regions and took countless lives, I saw the images in the news and realized this painting had captured that sense of impending disaster.

The swirling greyish-blue tones reflect ashes and smoke, as if the air itself is heavy and suffocating. The muted background creates a quiet tension, symbolizing the aftermath of destruction before anyone fully grasps the loss. In contrast, the vivid red at the core of the painting represents the chaos and violence of fire—an uncontrollable force that consumes everything in its path.

Throughout the composition, small figurative marks scatter the surface—symbols of animals desperately fleeing the flames. These marks aren’t planned but came through instinctively, like an unconscious reflection of the lives at stake. They now stand as a haunting reminder of how much was lost that day.

This work is a bridge between intuition and reality. It wasn’t painted as a response to the fire, but rather, it anticipated the emotions tied to it—grief, chaos, and the desire for renewal. By dedicating this piece to those affected, I hope to replace even a fraction of what was lost with new life, new trees, and a sense of healing.

Watching Inferno is a testament to the strange, inexplicable connections between art and life, a reflection of how emotions can sometimes see what the mind cannot.