When I asked the subjects to pose as my drawing models, something would clearly change. From the moment a subject feels being watched, he or she begins to hide and reveal certain things. The camera played a decisive role as a mediator between subjects and my works. This medium made it possible for me to paint instant and simultaneous behaviors of a number of subjects at different times.
I was charmed by the localized light of the day at certain times during the winter. It was transient and its meaning changed as it crossed each face. It would make mischief more cunning and deepen sadness. It would narrate jokes as more fun and friendships warmer. It would exaggerate their fears and dignify their musings. But that was not all; the trace of the sunlight brought extra pleasure, as if I had become fond of it the most. In an empty class, a courtyard and an alley, the presence of the sun had become my subject.
These works are an attempt to review moments of our collective life in an endless cycle; a revisiting that seems to be bound to human nature and carries a sense of distress and gloom.