Cassowary Bird Portrait

### 🟡 **Short Description (max 200 characters)** This work that portrays the powerful and primitive energy of the Cassowary bird combines themes of nature, instinct and freedom in a single composition. --- ### 🟣 **Long Description** This work reinterprets the powerful, primitive and impressive nature of the Cassowary bird with a portrait approach, placing it at the center. The raw power of nature, instinctual existence and themes of freedom meet in a single composition. Artist Merve Gürlek, in this work, continues the narrative language within the Birds Series, treating animal figures not only as visual representations but also as symbolic characters. Cassowary, in this context, is included in the composition as a figure representing nature's preserved wild memory and inner strength. The work is produced with the artist's unique layered paint technique. The perceptual effect that changes when viewed from different angles creates a light and color transformation moving on the surface; thus the work transcends being a static image and becomes a living visual experience. This work with a modern and powerful visual language is presented together with its black frame, creating an eye-catching focal point in spaces. As one of the collection pieces of the Birds Series, it offers a powerful expression both aesthetically and conceptually. This completely original and unique work brings together themes of nature, instinct and existence with a contemporary art language.

• Painting Type: Oil Painting
• Year: 2026
• Style: Expressionism
• Subject Matter: Portrait
• Surface: Paper
• Dimensions: Width: 50 × Height: 50 × Depth: 3
• Orientation: Round/Tondo
• Frame: Framed
• Color Palette: Multicolor
• Technique: Brush Work
• Finish: Varnished
• Signature: Signed
• Condition: Excellent
• Authenticity: Original
• Edition: Edition Number: 03
• Certificate: Certificate of Authenticity, Artist Certificate