Irises

Irises is inspired by Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting of the same name, created in 1889 during his stay at Saint-Rémy. Among the artist's most celebrated works, the composition transforms an ordinary bed of flowers into a study of movement and vitality. Every leaf twists with quiet tension, every blossom seems to unfurl in its own rhythm, while the solitary white iris creates a moment of stillness within an otherwise vibrant field of blue and green. Rather than depicting nature as static, Van Gogh captures it as something constantly alive.

In Ekin's interpretation, this sense of movement is reimagined through texture rather than brushwork. Instead of painted strokes, thousands of individually developed stitch structures interact across the composition, creating flowing rhythms that rise and fall like the surrounding foliage. Beneath the richly layered colors, gold serves as a luminous foundation, catching and reflecting light as the viewer moves through the work. Alternating matte and polished finishes lend the composition a quiet vitality, allowing new details and subtle shifts in color to emerge with every changing perspective.

While Van Gogh revealed the emotional power of paint through expressive gesture, Ekin explores that same vitality through the language of Kinka. Movement is expressed not through the sweep of a brush, but through the interplay of stitch, relief, and light, transforming one of the world's most beloved floral paintings into a new meditation on texture, craftsmanship, and the enduring beauty of nature.