The isle shadows 2018

Soltan Soltanlı has conjured up a world of deer amongst a watery forest in this dreamy painting. I can almost see him layering the oil paint, moving the pigment around to find each tree’s perfect shape. Imagine him figuring it out, rubbing some of it away, adding more, until the forest takes shape. It is such a lovely shade of green! There is a gentle pattern that the artist makes across the image, that almost reminds me of fairytales. What is it like for the deer in this odd paradise? The light is so curious, they almost seem to glow! This kind of imagined landscape, this quiet and still place, is something painters have returned to over and over again. What kind of world do you think he is imagining?