Osman was born in Şabanözü, Çankırı, Turkey, in 1987. He completed his primary, high school and college education in Ankara and started Gazi University, Faculty of Education, Art Teacher Education Department in 2005. He graduated from Söbütay Özer and Erol Batırberk Painting Studios of the same department in 2009.
During his studies he stayed in the U.S.A for three months with a Work and Travel Program in 2008. He worked in Muzebus for three years, which is a joint project made by İstanbul Rahmi Koç Museum and Ministry of National Education. Within the scope of this project, he gave a high number of seminars throughout Turkey, mainly visiting village schools. He is currently painting in his own workshop.
“I have always had a passion for cars. Not unlike most other boys, I grew up trying to learn more about every new car I saw in the street and then doodling about the things I discovered about them. A turning point for me occurred when I was seven years old. We had won a car from a newspaper lottery. It was a Fiat Tempra – a relatively modest car – but very popular back then. I recall that my cousin, who is 6 years older then me, tried drawing a picture of that car, not quite getting the resemblance. Next, I decided to give it a go. I remember my surprise when I was able to easily replicate the car’s characteristic lines in a very simple drawing, in my very first serious attempt. That moment had a strong impact on my life. I started practicing drawing any car I could find, sometimes even from my head. I would try drawing the same car from different angles, trying to visualize how those angles would connect with one another. It was all quite clumsy at first. Then I naturally improved over time, with practice. By the time I graduated from college, I had already decided I wanted to be a painter of cars!
Still, it was not until 3 years ago that I started doing hyper realistic oil paintings of cars. Once I did, I was hooked. To me, hyper realism is the best way to capture the essence of their allure and to depict their most beautiful aspects on canvas.”
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