VCA2021

Fisun Erden

Advanced Diploma
2021

Fisun Erden is a Turkish artist living in Oakville, Ontario. She enjoyed a career as an engineer until she moved to Canada in 2017. After taking private oil painting lessons, Fisun made the brave decision to pursue further education in Fine Arts in the Visual and Creative Arts program at Sheridan College. She has honed her artistic skills in painting and drawing and using a wide range of mediums while studying in multidisciplinary art education. Fisun's main interests are oil painting, drawing, watercolour painting, photography. She aims to reflect the aesthetic viewpoint of natural beauty in her works.

Instagram: @fisunerdenart
Faceboook: @fusun.b.erden

A Summer Afternoon

A Summer Afternoon

by Fisun Erden

The theme of this work is a place that I have a strong connection with: This is a quiet and peaceful country home where I had a perfect time where we used to spend our summer weekends and holidays. I aimed to convey a sunny afternoon and a cozy atmosphere using bright colours depicting the surroundings. The media is both watercolour and gouache on paper.

Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper

Content Under Pressure: Drawing Expanded

Anticipation

Anticipation

by Fisun Erden

I have designed and constructed these installation drawings using wood panels, wire, wooden sticks and some found materials. The Japanese artist Kishio Suga's minimalist artworks inspired me for this project. This thematic series represents the everyday routine of our lives, limits and restrictions of these problematic days of the pandemic while expecting the end of it. The first composition of these three conceptual installation drawings expresses the bad and good habits under the circumstances. The second composition is the restrictions and limits. The third one conveys the daily cycles we automatically do within limits.

Wire, acrylic paint, wood, styling tape, found material

32x41, 29x29, 26x26

Content Under Pressure: Drawing Expanded

Anticipation 1

Anticipation 1

by Fisun Erden

Wire, acrylic paint, wood panel

Content Under Pressure: Drawing Expanded

Anticipation 2

Anticipation 2

by Fisun Erden

Wire, acrylic paint, wood, styling tape, found material

Content Under Pressure: Drawing Expanded

Anticipation 3

Anticipation 3

by Fisun Erden

Content Under Pressure: Drawing Expanded

Beyond Words

Beyond Words

by Fisun Erden

This project's fundamental concept conveys visualizing a feeling, attitude, or state relating to communication in our daily life. I had to find unique representative elements to create an image to express each state. These elements are like colour, shape, body language on a figure, two-dimensional design. Each of the five pieces represents a word related to one emotion and concept.

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Beyond Words 1

Beyond Words 1

by Fisun Erden

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Beyond Words 2

Beyond Words 2

by Fisun Erden

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Beyond Words 3

Beyond Words 3

by Fisun Erden

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Beyond Words 4

Beyond Words 4

by Fisun Erden

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Beyond Words 5

Beyond Words 5

by Fisun Erden

Mixed media on watercolor paper

Bora

Bora

by Fisun Erden

Water mixable oil on canvas

Painting: Images and Ideas

Cabbage

Cabbage

by Fisun Erden

Digital Photograpy

Photographic Concepts

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

by Fisun Erden

Water mixable oil on canvas

Painting: Images and Ideas

Patterns From Nature

Patterns From Nature

by Fisun Erden

This is a surface design collection inspired by nature. I used different techniques such as shibori, stamping, collage as layers on the paper.

Mixed media on paper

30.5x23 cm each

Intro to Surface Design

Photo Story of Bora

Photo Story of Bora

by Fisun Erden

I have been constantly surrounded by the young generation and exposed to new-generation media. The action in photography rather than still images or portraits without expressions draws me to this conceptual approach for this project. In the last few years, the influence of young people around me, their dynamic nature, and the school's active pace has inspired this work's idea development. I tried to emphasize the key terms in my series: personal appearance, everyday routines, emotional expression, and energy.

Intro to Digital Photography

Pomegranate

Pomegranate

by Fisun Erden

Water mixable oil on cradled wood panel

Painting: Images and Ideas

Portrait of Pat

Portrait of Pat

by Fisun Erden

Ink on watercolor paper

Advanced Drawing Studio 1

Sunday Walk

Sunday Walk

by Fisun Erden

Water mixable oil on canvas

Painting: Images and Ideas

Surealist Self-Portrait

Surealist Self-Portrait

by Fisun Erden

This self-portrait was taken with Canon 6D camera using lighting techniques. The photographic approach is surrealist or "uncanny," which is a Freudian concept meaning "the opposite of what is familiar."

Digital Photograpy

Photographic Concepts

Untitled

Untitled

by Fisun Erden

A sustained figure drawing with graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Hard Core Figurative Drawing

Untitled

Untitled

by Fisun Erden

This is an in-class expressive figure study drawn with mixed media on paper.

Ink and watercolor on watercolor paper

Hard Core Figurative Drawing

Village Kale-1

Village Kale-1

by Fisun Erden

This painting is a part of an independent project that consists of three pieces—the theme based on some of my memories from a boat trip on the coast of southern Turkey. I wanted the convey the feeling of a dreamy atmosphere and warmth of a small village by the Mediterranean sea.

Water mixable oil on canvas

Advanced Painting Studio

Village Kale-2

Village Kale-2

by Fisun Erden

This painting is a part of an independent project that consists of three pieces—the theme based on some of my memories from a boat trip on the coast of southern Turkey. I wanted the convey the feeling of a dreamy atmosphere and warmth of a small village by the Mediterranean sea.

Water mixable oil on canvas

Advanced Painting Studio

Village Kale-3

Village Kale-3

by Fisun Erden

This painting is a part of an independent project that consists of three pieces—the theme based on some of my memories from a boat trip on the coast of southern Turkey. I wanted the convey the feeling of a dreamy atmosphere and warmth of a small village by the Mediterranean sea.

Water mixable oil on canvas

Advanced Painting Studio

Walter Dorwin Teague

Walter Dorwin Teague

by Fisun Erden

A catalogue for the work of Walter Dorwin Teague who is a pioneer in the field of 3D design

2D Design: Text & Image

Wheels

Wheels

by Fisun Erden

Digital Photograpy

Photographic Concepts

Yellow Field

Yellow Field

by Fisun Erden

Water mixable oil on canvas