Jen Sertel

Manzara

In the Lexicon of Istanbul series. Hope is written here in 16 languages and 13 alphabets. Throughout history so many peoples have passed through or settled here. All had HOPE.

Lexicons of Istanbul: Crossroads of Hope

The word 'hope' in 16 languages with 13 alphabets are embedded in this work representing the people who have lived or live in Istanbul. All came with hope. currently on display in the Turkish Embassy in Bucharest.

Lexicons of Istanbul: Hope 4

First in a new series, exploring the different past and present languages and alphabets thus cultures of Istanbul by scratching in like graffiti one word in 12 different tongues and alphabets

Lexicons of Istanbul/Hope 1

impression of Coverack Cove in Cornwall after a storm has almost finished blowing in from the Atlantic

Coverack Cove

summers bring destruction with huge forest fires - an homage to Anselm Kiefer

All Afire

An Artic wind blows from Greenland in March

Coverack Cove, Cornwall

mysterious blues of twilight, lights twinkling. different layers of history existing simultaneously

Twilight Time

a small abstracted landscape

Rose

Abstracted from the Anatolian/ Eastern Mediterranean landscape

Shepards Dream

the earth contains secrets sometimes exposed by the archeologist or the geologist

Secrets in the Earth