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Drawing and Painting

Ayse Ipekdokuyan

Please Laugh

Painting
2025
Colour Pencil, acrylic and oil paint on basswood panel
12”x16” | 30cm x 40cm
Pretend the tears are dry, swept away by laughter’s breeze.

“The SardonicsOxford Languages: mid 17th century: from French sardonique, earlier sardonien, via Latin from Greek sardonios ‘of Sardinia’, alteration of sardanios, used by Homer to describe bitter or scornful laughter.”

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Ayse Ipekdokuyan

Drawing and Painting

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