Early Work (before 1990)

EARLY WORK (before 1990)

Before 1990 Atakan worked primarily with the medium of water color. Verging on total abstraction with a strong connection to Abstract Expressionism, they were precursors to the autobiographic work she did after moving to such mediums as video and digital printing.

Watercolor:

**Inside** (caverns, crevices, cavities, caves)
water colour on Arches
36 x 51
1987

**Isolation**
36×51
watercolor on arches
1987

**Untitled**
water color on Arches
45 x 50
1987

**Silhouette**
42 x 51
water color on arches
1987

Seriography:

Acrylic work:

Influenced by Helen Frankenthaler, Atakan moved from water color to acrylic on unprimed canvas in work made between 1989 and 1990 .