Something (rather than nothing)
Arts:Visual Arts
Originally from Istanbul, Özlem Sorlu Thompson now paints in the flat where Piet Mondrian made his art studio in Belsize Park. Her influences include the great expressionist artist Kandinsky and the abstract surrealist Joan Miró.
Özlem’s works have already made their way into the homes of renowned celebrities such as actress Anita Dobson and her husband Brian May, musical theatre star Maria Friedman, actor Andy Nyman, and several private collectors.
With degrees in biology and botany, and an in-depth knowledge of exotic plants and a keen interest in physics, Özlem strives in her work to create synaesthesia in the experience, the process and the result, with a visionary energy that generates an extemporaneous flow of strong colours and shapes. Painting without preparation or planning, she merges intellectual concepts with visual ideas, mixing real and imagined organic structures with one another, while dream-like worlds and creatures all converge to create a vivid explosion of the real and fantastic. As a result, positivity and joy invariably manifest strongly in the viewer.
Episode 62 - Ben Westhoff
Episode 61 - Alicia Angel
Episode 60 - Jakub Ferencik
Episode 59 - S.A. Lawrence-Welch
Episode 58 - Hardlineray
Episode 57 - DIRTY PRINCESS
Episode 56 - Claire Peaceful Deer Lady Zwicker
Episode 55 - Cathy Camper
Episode 54 - Joëlle Jones
Episode 52 - Kait Matthews
Episode 51 - Blackwater Holylight
Episode 50 -The Return of Vanessa Stockard
Episode 49 - Loren Rhoads
Episode 48 - HAWKINS
Episode 47 - Olivia MacDonald
Episode 46 - Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel
Episode 45 - Kym Gouchie
Episode 44 - Jessica McDiarmid
Episode 43 - Benjamin Gorman
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