Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper 

Oil and acrylic on canvas

The color red and the upside-down chairs on top of my head are the feelings I always have about my motherland.

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.

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.

Acrylic on Canvas

Bluebird and a cage.

A Korean bridal mask and a wedding headpiece.

Traditional Korean background, abstract ocean waves, and geometric mountains

I rewrote my journey towards finding happiness by borrowing motifs from The Blue Bird, a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Each item symbolizes me being Korean in a foreign country by hiding but also realizing that the bluebird is on my shoulder.

Why am I crying about my empty cage?

Oil on canvas

Self-portrait

Acrylic on Canvas

Acrylic on Canvas

Acrylic on canvas 

My beautiful embroideries

Acrylic on canvas

My beautiful embroideries