For centuries, people have looked into the night sky. Trying to understand what lies beyond. With modern science, we can now see deeper and clearer, discovering the incredible richness and variety of space. We can witness how stars form, how galaxies evolve, and how light travels through enormous clouds of gas and dust.

I find it endlessly fascinating to imagine these immense spaces—so huge that even imagination begins to struggle. When I paint, I capture a single moment in this constant movement. A moment when one world ends and a new one begins to appear. This in-between state—where destruction and creation meet—feels alive to me, like a dance of particles in light and space.

My Nebulae series invites the viewer to look into this vastness. The works are inspired by places in the universe where stars are born—nebulae made of cosmic dust and gas. In these regions, light slowly emerges from darkness. I don’t try to copy how they look in photographs. Instead, I transform that feeling of birth and transformation into color and movement. The pigments in my paintings flow, collide, and merge like matter in space, creating new forms and unexpected harmonies.

When I begin to paint, the canvas is an open field where colors land freely and almost by accident. From this seeming chaos, structure and relief slowly appear, and an image begins to reveal itself. Sometimes, it takes courage to destroy a part of the painting that I once liked—to erase what no longer belongs and make room for something new. “Kill your darling,” as they say. This process mirrors what happens in the universe itself: creation born from destruction. Working this way makes me feel as if I’m there, watching a nebula form before my eyes. It’s a deeply fascinating experience.

Each painting is made of many layers. Colors overlap, mix, and dissolve into one another, building depth and atmosphere. Some areas glow with intensity, others fade into transparency. This slow balance between turbulence and calm reflects how I imagine cosmic forces—always in motion, yet never rushed.

These works are not only about showing what a nebula looks like—they are about evoking the feeling of standing in front of one. That sense of wonder, silence, and vastness we experience when looking at the night sky. I want the viewer to pause, to forget distance and time, and to simply feel immersed in the painted space.

Through these images, I express how creation and change are always connected. Nothing truly ends; it only transforms into something new. The universe reminds us of this constant cycle. Within that thought, I find both mystery and comfort—a sense that every moment, like every star, is part of a greater unfolding story.