Emerging-Finalists

Esen Kilic

Esen Kilic is a Canadian/Turkish artist based in Leeds. Her work challenges classical traditions as well as ideologies in art. Working across generally surreal themes with portraiture and abstraction her paintings engage with the viewer potentially increasing one’s awareness to detail.

Esen Kilic Artist
Esen Kilic Artist

Esen Kilic

Esen Kilic is a Canadian/Turkish artist based in Leeds. Her work challenges classical traditions as well as ideologies in art. Working across generally surreal themes with portraiture and abstraction her paintings engage with the viewer potentially increasing one’s awareness to detail.

Surrealist portrait of Michael and Eileen Scott, titled The Scott Portrait

The Scott Portrait

Oil on Canvas
80cm x 60cm

 

This painting is a celebration of the work of Michael and Eileen Scott. It brings together a number of different styles and merges them as tribute to this years theme; metamorphosis. The viewer is invited into conversation with multiple surreal landscapes. The audience’s individual exploration becomes a part of the paintings experience itself by discovering, uncovering and morphing the human consciousness.