Erol Erkmen

Erol Erkmen
Erol Erkmen is the September 2003 Artist of the month. Erol was born in 1951, resides in Istanbul and is an engineer. His artistic photography began in the 1970's. He discontinued his artwork for 10 years and restarted after 1993.

His work arises on 1:1 sized films by using analog dark room techniques. After taking a photogrpah he sketches which effects he will use and which colors that he is going to emphasize. He then creates half-tone color separation films in the darkroom and separates the colors according to his own system. He makes various maskings with the screen films and retouches them with cyanide and special dyes. Some works take months to complete.

His astigmatic eye has an effect on this work. This can been seen, for example, in the swivels of the dervishes in his dervish series.

New Artists
The following artists have registered this month. To view the work of any artist go to http://digitalconsciousness.com/database.phtml and enter any part of the artist's name. To see the most recent artists go to http://digitalconsciousness.com/limit.phtml

1. Amanda Dawn Sanchez. Fantasy drawings.
2. Ana Neves. Symbolic acrylics from Portugal.
3. Niculaie Istok. Fantasy landscapes from Transylvania.
4. Devi DeLavie. A Renaissance Heart: painter, sculptor, singer,
5. Ramaz Razmadze. Surrealism influenced by Makhare Janelidze (1943-1992).
6. Bobby Kro. Wildlife created in pointillism.
7. Mark Mizgala. Abstract figures and landscapes.
8. Pieterjan Ginckels. Installation art.
9. Pat Hedger. Realistic landscapes and nature.
10. John Well-Off-Man. Native American Art with influences of Pop Art.
11. Christine Latimer. Structural film and video.
12. Israel Yang. Landscapes and nature from Canada.
13. Brad Taylor. Photoshop abstracts.
14. Jorge Rios. Interdisciplinary performance art.
15. Isabel Alonso. Realistic oils.
16. Connie McClure. Realistic animals and wildlife.
17. Castor Christopher. Black Ink and Pencil fantasy.
18. Eduard Söllner. Mystical computer art.
19. Bob Bauer. Our world oil abstracts.
20. Tom Wagner. Expressionistic figures and landscapes.
21. Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski. Abstract sculpture.
22. Hans Parlevliet. Realistic landscapes and nature.
23. Nishima Kaplan. Spiritual abstracts.
24. Hubert Wackermann. Native Americans in natural surroundings.
25. Tyrone Lewis. Impressionistic landscapes.
26. Daniel Newcomb. Cityscape photography.
27. Karen Challender. Realistic landscapes and nature in oils.
28. Bryce Brown. Expressionistic figures from New Zealand.
29. Daniel Simmons. Sculpture from New York.
30. Cornelius Carter. Realistic oils.
31. Blue Mitchell. Visionary photography.
32. Damon Willard. Fusion of cubism and urban elements.
33. Gretell Perez. Art from Cuba.
34. Francesca Nobile. Mixed Media abstracts from Scotland.
35. Barbara Tillison. Nature from a colored pencil.
36. Marco Giollo. Performance art from Switzerland.
37. Peter Gates. Realistic English landscapes.
38. Alexey Isaev. Engraving & inlay by enamels & gemstones.
39. Suzanne Urash. Realistic cityscapes.