Artist Gorgeously Recreates Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ and ‘Self Portrait’ by Swirling Paint in Water

Starry Night

Turkish artist Garip Ay amazingly and effortlessly recreated two of Vincent Van Gogh‘s most iconic portraits, “Starry Night” and “Self-Portrait” employing the incredible traditional paper art technique of Ebru.

Ebru, which is generally known today as a decorative paper art, is one of the oldest Turkish arts, but exactly where or when it started remains unknown. Ebru is an art from the realms of history, presenting to us a beauty that is full of love. It can be described as painting on water. Patterns are formed on the surface of water which has had substances added to it to increase the viscosity; the patterns are then transferred to paper. The results of this process are unique and it is never possible to achieve the same design again.

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