For me, painting is the process of relaxation and healing from tension, and finding my identity as an Korean American artist. I try to share that relaxing and healing emotion though my work by colors and quilt-like patterns, which are driven from my childhood memory. Whenever my mother made a blanket with a quilt pattern, I laid on it and played for a while. That felt so comfortable and happy, made me fell asleep. The quilt pattern she used is called seackdong, a traditional Korean pattern composed of five colors. It means give energy, cure and energetic life. My medium is oil paint because it’s the best to express those soft warm feelings. I’m hoping to share my feelings with others and, at the same time, get a self-realization to influence more people positively through my work.

For me, painting is the process of relaxation and healing from tension, and finding my identity as an Korean American artist. I try to share that relaxing and healing emotion though my work by colors and quilt-like patterns, which are driven from my childhood memory. Whenever my mother made a blanket with a quilt pattern, I laid on it and played for a while. That felt so comfortable and happy, made me fell asleep. The quilt pattern she used is called seackdong, a traditional Korean pattern composed of five colors. It means give energy, cure and energetic life. My medium is oil paint because it’s the best to express those soft warm feelings. I’m hoping to share my feelings with others and, at the same time, get a self-realization to influence more people positively through my work.