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International Watercolor Society (IWS) Founder and President

Atanur is a watercolour artist with Turkish/Canadian dual nationality. He graduated
from Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey, majoring in painting and sculpture.

He is best known for his portraits and figures and has a distinctive painting skill. The
artist's forceful brush strokes evoke the life and particularly the tribulations of his
subjects.

He has mastered the difficult medium of watercolor, utilizing contrasts in color and in
depth to create striking effects. He enjoys painting people of different ethnicities,
with a focus on their faces and body language and what these express.

He has participated in more than 200 exhibitions worldwide and teaches workshops
around the globe. In 2004 he hosted an international exhibition entitled " Peace
Through Art ", and then established the International Watercolor Society in 2012.
The message of love and peace is distributed internationally through the art of
watercolor.

In just 6 years, International Watercolor Society has become one of the most active
art societies in the world with 90 country branches. Atanur and his team also opened
IWS galleries, IWS Educational Centres, IWS Research Centres and have published
an IWS International Magazine. Every year the society country branches organizes
international watercolor festivals, exhibitions and workshops. Atanur travels to every
country supporting each IWS activity. His goal is to make watercolor one of most
popular painting technique around the world.

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