FILIZ emma SOYAK

Artist

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"Amman Nagori III" 39 x 39 inches, mixed media on wood, for sale, from the Nagori collection: translates to memento, relic, remainder of the past. On display at the studio and got a lot of attention today. Glad it resonated with people! Contact me if you're interested. #Nagori #filizemmasoyak #mixedmedia #paintingoftheday #greenpoint #brooklyn #greenpointopenstudios2016 #gos2016 #pencilfactory (at Pencil Factory)

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It's true - I've opened my studio today! Come by and say hi!! 61 Greenpoint Ave, 2nd floor. Here for a few more hours. Work for sale and good vibes. #greenpointopenstudios2016 #gos2016 #supportlocalartists #filizemmasoyak #artstudio (at Pencil Factory)

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A meditative piece for today's painting of the day: 'Barbados no Arashi I' mixed media painting on wood, 48" x 48" x 3.5" (deep). Arashi translates to "tempest" or "storm" in Japanese. Painted after sitting and watching the weather change every few minutes on the horizon at the southern tip of Barbados when I lived there back in 2009-10. The southern tip is where the bold, dark blue, cooler and strong Atlantic Ocean met the calmer, turquoise, warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. The power of their meeting was palpable, energetic, and at times tumultuous with periods of serenity and calm. But always magical, beautiful and mesmerizing. Watching the oceans and seas is hypnotic, gives me perspective, and always leaves me with a sense awe of the world's natural elements and power. How something can embody so many feelings, sensations, and qualities at the same time. Experiencing transition, change, or preparing for a new chapter in life often feel this way...exciting, energetic, powerful. It stirs things up and moves things around. The challenge is to keep your eye on the horizon which is always there, reminding you that you are always where you are meant to be. // This special #painting is for sale. Make it yours. Contact me for details. Direct message me or contact me via my website (link in profile). #mixedmedia #caribbean #barbados #art #interiordesign #decor #artoftheday #filizemmasoyak #interiordecor #artstyle #paintingoftheday #ocean #sea #horizon #blues #meditativeart #horizon #meditation

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It's spring! Add a pop of color to your walls with some original art. "Amman Nagori I" mixed media on paper, framed 12"x16", for sale!! A lot more from that series - check out the #Nagori collection on my website. 👆Link in profile! // More about the #Nagori collection: Nagori translates to "relic, memento, a remainder from the past" in Japanese. From Brooklyn to Tokyo, Istanbul to Amman, Bombay to Stockholm – this theme and series of paintings are inspired by the urban relics found in the layers of paint, signs, graffiti, intentional and unintentional street art. #artoftheday #artstyle #interiordecor #interiordesign #originalart #pink #graffiti #abstractart #filizemmasoyak #brooklynartist #art

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In celebration of spring's official arrival, enjoy today's painting of the day: 'Yokohama Nagori' mixed media painting on wood, 40" x 40". And guess what, it's for sale! Email or message me for the deets. #painting #springart #mixedmedia #brooklyn #japan #greenart #square #interiordesign #decor #artoftheday #filizemmasoyak #interiordecor #artstyle

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Lifting, moving, putting furniture together, painting floors...this man does it all. Excited to see our joint studio coming together. #greggandfiliz #pencilfactory #artstudio #workspaces (at Brooklyn Greenpoint NY)

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Detail, "Orange KodaiShi" // #mixedmedia #painting #ancientartifact #abstractart #texture #filizemmasoyak

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Detail, "Orange KodaiShi" // #mixedmedia #painting #ancientartifact #abstractart #texture #filizemmasoyak

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"Orange KodaiShi" will accompany the piece in my last post to its new home. (Mixed media on canvas 18"x36" and 3" deep.) // This series was the beginning of my fascination and effort to capture histories on a surface. Kodaishi translates to "ancient history" in Japanese. I love things and places that are aged; they tell a story, or multiple stories, that aren't always clear. I love imagining what those stories are, who was there, what experiences took place, whose hands touched and made that place, etc. My goal was to channel another time, to create layers of history found on surfaces - like that of an old church, fresco wall, warehouse metal door, or unintentionally layered graffitied mural, using various media including paint, handmade washi paper, wax, and sand to just name a few. This theme has continued over the last decade of my work leading up to my recent #Nagori (artifact) series. #memory #abstractart #ancientartifact #painting #mixedmedia #filizemmasoyak

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This beaut, "Meiji Garden II" has finally found her forever home! She's being shipped off in a couple days. // Every painting has a story. Here is hers: I started painting her years ago. Sometimes, a painting just isn't completely ready to be finished. This one needed some time to explore before she could tell me how to complete her. That time was 2 years. Then it was clear what needed to happen and what she wanted to be. Isn't that so much like people? Taking little journeys, pauses, and trips to get perspective in order to discover who we are? // #painting #stories #creativeprocess #mixedmedia #abstractart #discoveringself #filizemmasoyak #memory #subconscious

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Practicing quick small sketches of faces on sticky notes. Aiming to do a few a day. #warmup #sketching #drawing #creativehabit #contourlinesketch #portraits #gesturedrawings

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Amen. Here's something I wholeheartedly subscribe to: Use your hands!! Make something. Write something...with a pen, crayon, feather. Plant something. Fold something. Reorganize something. Read something. Play something. Look up. Look around you. For goodness sake move beyond the limited space of your screen. Put it down and walk away. It is SO limiting. It is one tool of so many and its best to start with the tools we were born with...our hands. We don't always know where our creative work comes from but ideas come from everywhere, and usually a tactile, human experience, will give you a pretty good idea - because that's living your life, interacting, using your senses, and creating a memory. Creativity is organic, mystical, and intangible at times. It comes from organic movement, from exploring, from not overthinking too much, from trying something new. Discovery often comes unplanned. Do. Make. Try. Live. Look. Ask. Wonder. Go outside of your comfort zone. #creativity // Quote by John Cleese comes from a page in Austin Kleon's lovely book that's I'm reading right now #steallikeanartist (which is not about stealing but about being creative). Lots of great nuggets to inspire and spark!

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#3 Rufus. Because inspiration comes from your life. And on a snow day, there just happens to be a sleepy cat hanging out for the perfect still life. #snowdaycouchstudio #filizemmasoyak #mixedmedia #watercolor #drawing #art #stormjonas2016 #rescuecats #catsofinstagram #kittyloft #petportrait

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#2 When it's cold and snow is falling, draw colorful and green living things like warm weather plants. This lil one goes out to my girl @lynzariums of The Plant Shack! 🌵✨🌺Happy birthday! 🌵🌞😎❤️💗 #snowdaycouchstudio #filizemmasoyak #mixedmedia #art #watercolor #drawing #stormjonas2016

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#1 Portrait of a face. #snowdaycouchstudio #filizemmasoyak #brooklyn #art #stormjonas2016 #mixedmedia #drawing #watercolor

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It's a complete whiteout outside. I love snow days. Snowy mornings call for couch sipping tea, something good on the record player, napping kitties, superb natural light, and sketchbooks with art supplies spread out. Nowhere to be except right here. A making day. My favorite kind. I'll share the results from this weekend's snow-day-couch-studio with #snowdaycouchstudio #filizemmasoyak // #art #stormjonas2016 #brooklyn #nyc #snowday (at Brooklyn Greenpoint NY)

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Flashback to a moment of content and happiness - in my ideal element! Doing my favorite thing...making something...quietly, in an open air studio in Bali, surrounded by nature and its elements. There's nothing better. That's where I feel at my best and truest. Here I am working on my first batik design at the Bebali Foundation with @threadsoflifebali . Will be posting the hole process and results in my other feed: @houseofmiras in a couple of days. What a fun day. Just looking at these photos make me so happy! #dowhatyoulove #dowhatmakesyouhappy #batik #textiles #textiledesign #bebalifoundation #threadsoflifebali #bali #filizemmasoyak #art #sustainabledesign #houseofmiras #miras (at Bebali Foundation, Ubud, Bali)