I was born in village of Adana called “Mustafabeyli”. I had primary school education in my home town. Then, I went to Ceyhan Pamukeli Secondary School and Mersin Teacher School where

I was a boarding student with scholarship for high school education. After that, I began to study chemistry engineering in Ankara, which I did not like. After studying for 2 years, I moved to Istanbul where I started Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. During my university life, I worked in commercial agents and painting houses. In 1985, after graduating 1 year later than expected, I continued being graphic artist. I started to draw photorealistic illustrations with Airbrush. In my spare time,

I drew for myself. “Adam and Eve” and “Stairs” are among 20 paintings I drew in that time period. I started my own work in 1997 and also dealt with commercial photography. When I came across DeviantArt in September 2006, I began digital painting, which

I have always liked to do. I exhibit my paintings on mahirates.deviantart.com I have dreamt of Digital painting since

I started using Macintosh in 1992. I liked the idea to do paintings that are not original.Nowadays, it is very easy to bring these paintings to crowd of people. And the ones who like art may have these non-original paintings without paying much Money.

I believe that traditionally done paintings will be more valuable in the future. However, in my opinion, this century will be the century of digital painting. Maybe, in this century, number of sales of a painting will be more important than how much that painting costs.