About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> About the Artist</div> <div> <A HREF="leventakayli.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Levent Akayli"><U><B>Levent Akayli</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Residence: </B><B> </B><B>Istanbul, Turkey </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#DDDDDD" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 361 WIDTH="360"><div> <B>LEVENT AKAYLI</B></div> <bR> <div> Levent Akayli was born in Van, Turkey in 1948.</div> <bR> <div> He studied graphic art from 1971 to 1976 at DGSA (Academy of Fine Arts Istanbul ) </div> <bR> <div> In 1983 he worked as a freelance graphic designer.</div> <bR> <div> Levent started working with oils in 1994 when aquarelle technique gained  importance and the world of ballet and musicians became his favorite themes.</div> <bR> <div> His personal demand of perfection and to refine this medium a new periode started.  Even though the figurative paintings imply a free brush a subtle transparent classical brush is ever present.</div> <bR> <div> The artist is now living in Duesseldorf, Germany.</div> <bR> <div> Please visit his personal website:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.leventakayli.galerisi.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.leventakayli.galerisi.com"><U>www.leventakayli.galerisi.com</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>