Depiction：
Grey buildings that symbolize a complex cityscape are hiding among the green trees and forests in the artwork, forming a tranquil and peaceful landscape. This realization of a harmonious coexistence between reality and imagination enables landmarks, originally symbols of the city, to exist in serene natural sceneries. The artwork restructures the cityscape to allow a peaceful atmosphere to coexist, thereby establishing harmony between the two conflicting worlds of civilization and nature, and at the same time, making you feel a familiar strangeness at the crossroads between imagination and reality.
The warm forest drawn instead of the cold city reminds us of the pure nature before the city was built, letting us momentarily escape from the complexity of reality. The serene sky in the painting brings a sense of stability, but the unpredictable nature of the ever-changing clouds represents the unpredictable future, showing the coexistence of change, certainty, and uncertainty within tranquility. And the flocks of sheep appearing in the artwork fill the space where people have disappeared. Their quiet presence substitutes for the absence of humans, and the simple and peaceful life of the sheep symbolizes purity and peace, away from the complexity and noise of the city.
Furthermore, the warm colors, shapes, and textures in the artwork symbolize an ideal and serene world. These elements embody conflicting emotions and contradictory situations, emphasizing the peace we dream of even within them. Therefore, it becomes a medium that beautifully expresses our ideals and reality, and the complexity felt between them.
My work process is expressed by delicately stacking acrylic paint on the canvas. Sketching softly and layering paint on top of it is done with as much care as stitching, one stitch at a time. Through this process, a bumpy texture is created, infusing vitality. Each brushstroke gives a feeling as if it's alive and breathing, and brushstrokes accumulated over a long period of time are engraved. Therefore, traces of time are captured in the artwork through this process.
We discover a new landscape at the point where two worlds intersect. This embodies an intention to present a new perspective through the point where the city and nature, reality and imagination, and the physicality and expressive domain of brushstrokes intersect. The new landscape found at the intersection allows us to have a unique experience through the artwork, and through this, I hope that the viewers feel various emotions, thoughts, and new perspectives and sensations.
