On the first page of our first grade book there was a drawing of a horse and a riddle that said "Oya throw the ball at Ata" which rhymed with the word horse in Turkish. That's when I started drawing nothing but horses at first, and then other subjects. While in Galatasaray Highschool, I became more interested in drawing/painting and with a friend exposed my works during my senior year. After graduating,  I went to Paris to study fine arts but missed the registration and settled for taking architecture for a year. Without stable work and school being out often because of student movements,  I had lots of time to paint on sidewalks with colored chalk.  By the next school year, I ended up moving to Los Angeles and later became a computer programmer/analyst instead. Subsequently my interest in fine arts dwindled to just drawing or painting on paper small enough to fit on a small desk,  as a spare time activity.  I placed a good majority of them in the pages linked below:     - Drawings     12, all in charcoal or pencil on paper.     - Paintings     10, all in pastel on paper. Designed and Maintained by COMPUTERMAN - Copyright © 2000   All Rights Reserved Please direct questions and comments to webmaster@montanaonline.net