Chihuahua portrait (2023) Painting by Yuliya Ozdemir

I, Yuliya, was born in Ukraine. For the last 6 years I live and create in Turkey. Back in Ukraine I was drawing, doing oil painting, studying graphical design, but after moving to Turkey fully concentrated on watercolor. This medium charms me with its lightness. Even complicated, multi-layered artwork done in watercolor will look airy and light.

I consider myself as an animal artist.
I see a huge personality in each of our furry and feathered friends, which they don’t hide! My art style is mostly figurative and realistic with high focus on eyes, feather and fur color and texture of each specific animal. Painting them I am trying to capture their character and mood by showing a posture and eyes’ expression, details which make them unique!

My animal portraits are in many private collections.

I always work with high quality bright and lightfast watercolors and best quality paper.

• Nationality: TÜRKIYE
• Date of birth : 1983
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Turkish Artists