Mr. Deniz’s journey of painting started before he went to elementary
school in Turkey and continued with commissioned drawings of cartoons
for comics, studying at the graphic department of fine art of a fine Turkish Art
School, ( Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University )and holding exhibitions composed of distinct illustrative drawings of his early years. His painting life lasted in Istanbul until his thirties and now continues in Florida where he lives with his wife.
 These fine paintings bring to America the elusive charm and feeling of
Mediterranean - poor boats wandering the blue waters of charming Istanbul 
to catch fish. Bought by painting collectors of America, the beautiful paintings
of his continued adventure painting seas and boats have shown to the world of art
that these talented hands of the Mediterranean earned the outstanding reputation
with his canvas, paints, mind and soul.
  When we observe the paintings of Ilkin Deniz, we see the following:
  The soul of a boat resting in the unique harmony of the blue of the sky
with another blue of the water which perhaps is whispering a hope in the
distant horizon.
  In another unseen horizon, prayers send to the God are secretly collected
in a boat on shore. In that painting, the wise Goddess Athena is carrying 
from the depth of the see Odysseus who was captivated at the see by the boat
 in the painting.
  Sorrow and loneliness freed from the sharp light of the Mediterranean
have hidden in that painting, manifesting themselves through the boat.
  By owning and displaying one of the paintings of Ilkin Deniz, you don’t
possess an ordinary painting, but rather you come in touch with the
unity of the melancholic charm of the Mediterranean with the boundless
blue of ocean.