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  • G A L L E R Y
    • Portrait
    • RSG
    • Dancer
    • After the Master
    • Conceptual
    • Still Life & Landscape
  • C L O S E - U P
    • Dancer #73
    • Gaze (after Leonardo Da Vinci)
    • Synaptic Plasticity #3
    • Woman with King Proteas (after Henri Matisse)
    • Love from a Distance #8
    • Peacock 7 (after Marc Chagall)
    • Queen Protea
    • Love from a Distance #5
    • Stage of Happiness (Homage to Gustav Klimt)
    • Classical King Charles Spanial (after Eugene Delacroix)
    • Classical Great Dane (after Leonardo Da Vinci)
    • LAD0604 (after Picasso)
    • LAD170605 (after Picasso)
    • Les Femme d'Corée (after Pablo Picasso)
    • Virtual Runway
    • Red Dream #8
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    • Bohemian Rhapsody #2
    • Flora
    • Yellow and Turquoise
    • Mute #3
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    • Dancer #62
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Happy
Happy

Charcoal on paper

Hula
Hula

Charcoal on Paper

Flamenco
Flamenco

Charcoal on paper

Dancer #55
Dancer #55

Charcoal on paper

Dancer #57
Dancer #57

Charcoal on paper

Dancer #73
Dancer #73

Charcoal and yarn on paper

Bluebird Carries the Sky on It's Back
Bluebird Carries the Sky on It's Back

Acrylic on Canvas

A bluebird and a cage,

Korean bridal mask, wedding headpiece, and background

And, over the sea, abstract obstacles.

I expressed my journey toward finding happiness by borrowing motifs from the play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck. The captivating bluebird in my painting symbolizes my fulfillment and joy in life. Other items scattered around the canvas convey my struggle to cope with my Korean identity in a foreign country by hiding it and eventually realizing that the bluebird was always on my shoulder.

Why did I cry about my empty cage?

I and the Village
I and the Village

Acrylic on canvas

The work was inspired by one of Marc Chagall's paintings.  I tried to put myself (symbolically and not in physical form) from a foreign country turning into the village I now live in.  Mother Earth hands me the branch that grows in me with golden branches and leaves and I become transformed and immersed into the village I tried to put myself (symbolically and not in physical form) from a foreign country turning into the village (Lake Oswego) I now live in.  Mother Earth hands me the branch that grows in me with golden branches and leaves and I become transformed and immersed into the village.  If you look at the hands, they are not the same.  The one touching my face is mine but the other hand is not.

Backstage
Backstage

Acrylic on canvas

Flower, Nothing but a Gesture.
Flower, Nothing but a Gesture.

Mix media

Before I called her name, she was nothing more than a gesture.

When I called her name, she came to me and became a flower.

Red Dream #9
Red Dream #9

Acrylic on canvas

Peacock in blue
Peacock in blue

Acrylic on canvas

Love letter
Love letter

Acrylic on canvas 

The feeling of the moment she got a letter from her lover. It is not even opened yet, but she is floating. Heavily textured by thick paint layers and beads.

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