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Atanur is a Turkish-Canadian watercolor artist. He graduated from Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey, majoring painting and sculpture. He is best known for his portraits and figures. Atanur Dogan is the Founder and President of the International Watercolor Society (IWS), an organization that he founded in 2012 to promote and unite watercolor art and artists in the endeavor to bring peace to the world. It has become one of the most active art societies in the world and there are over 100 countries with IWS branches. His ignificant achievements include being selected as one of five portrait artists, deemed best in the world by the Portrait Society of Canada in 2004. Dogan’s paintings enrich art collections around the world and the museums. He has participated in more than 250 exhibitions worldwide and gives workshops around the globe.
Group Focus: How to build a Professional Art career and find your unique style. I will explain tips and tricks and a few different unique watercolor techniques..
Atanur’s EXPERTISE
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Specialty:✔ Generalist
Technique:
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Color & Composition
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Technique Demos
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Supplies and tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
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Studio Setup for Art Production
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Providing Art Critiques
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Teaching How to Self Critique
Marketing:
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Marketing Your Art
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Personal Brand
Business:
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Pricing Artwork
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Selling Online
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Products, Prints, & Reproductions
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Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
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Next session: May 14, 2025
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Atanur’s portraits reflect an acute awareness of character. His work is distinguished by a unique rendering of his subject’s face and hands. With his excellent drawing skills and control of watercolour he reveals the personality and attributes behind an old man’s face that bring it to life in a way unusual in this medium. The hands of an old villager tell of the harshness of work and, and yet, a quality of tenderness. His strong and determined use of dark colours with spots of light and a liberal use of water are both risky and extraordinary for a watercolorist but he achieves amazing results. It is these abilities and techniques, in particular that make his paintings so appreciated and valuable.
Atanur’s passion for creating real life, characters find expression in his sculpture as well, the same natural, vigorous and anatomically correct figures, the same focus on detail and expression to convey the distinctive qualities of his subject. It is due, in part, to his skill and experience as a sculptor that the figures in his paintings have such intensity and dimension. His commissioned works of famous people can be seen throughout Turkey, in public parks and plazas.
Atanur met and married his wife, Asuman, while attending university and they now have two sons. In 1993, he and Asuman established residence in Canada and now have dual citizenship. Atanur has maintained an active membership in the Federation of Canadian Artists and Oakville Art Society.
He has exhibited his work in exhibits throughout Turkey and in Zurich, Paris, London, as well as in Taiwan and Japan. In North America, their work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle; Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and numerous showings in Vancouver. His paintings enrich art collections around the world.
In 2004, the Portrait Society of Canada selected Atanur Dogan, as one of five portrait artists, deemed best in the world. He was also invited by the Portrait Society of Canada to be the demonstrating portrait artist at the “2004 International Portrait Arts Festival” held in Toronto.
In September 2008, the Dogan family relocated to Oakville, Ontario. While their eldest son attends the Media Arts program at Sheridan College, the couple intends to continue to create their watercolor art and to become involved in the art society of eastern and central Canada.
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