About Arte Ilay

Ilay Karabay Solaklı is a freelance, self taught artist living and working in Turkey. Aritst has always been thrilled by the idea of art composing itself. Her main inspiration is the idea of ‘creation of our impeccable nature’ . She believes 'details' are the key aspect to make a piece unique. Following these philosophies most of her paintings include intense brush strokes, many layers, shades and harmony of colors. She aims to create paintings that are calm, peaceful yet alive. She primarily uses acrylic paint,oil pastel,soft pastel and professional color pencils in her paintings. The artist plans her paintings through the notes and color studies she makes, Yet lets the painting finish itself spontaneously. She says “ seeing the brush,water and paint in its natural flow is the most thrilling and the scary part for me, because you dont know how it will lay on the canvas.” The excitement she gets from this process aspires her to create more. Artist is also aware of the positive impact of art in our lives. So she aims to reach out to as many people as possible through her art.