Selected artworks 2005 - 2012
"Nobang," a type of Korean transparent-colored-silk, has become a pivotal medium in my artwork, enabling me to achieve rich color saturation and interact with the physical light when viewed.
Numerous works in my portfolio draw inspiration from my personal experiences with "Miniere illness." In December 2007, I experienced an auto accident, and by spring 2008, I suffered a collapse due to Miniere's illness. The following two years presented significant challenges as I grappled with the loss of mobility. It wasn't until 2012 that I started to regain much of my mobility.
The Raising of Lazarus
Gouache, graphite pencil and pastel on paper, panel, and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
40 x 16 "
2012
One of the mixed media works completed during my inner ear illness, "Miniere Disease."
07-03_Life in flux
Light, gouache on paper and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
19 3/4 x 19"
2007
Sunset at Griffith Park
Mixed media on panel and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
20 1/2 x 62"
2006
Homage to Monet
Mixed media on vellum covered with nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
60 3/4 x 54"
2006
Untitled 05-01_The Dream of Butterfly by Zhuangzi
Light, gouache, acrylic, concentrated watercolor ink, and collage on nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
27 1/2 x 32 x 1.5"
2005
“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awoke, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” ― Zhuangzi
One afternoon, I stayed for a long time at one of the gardens at Palace Changduk in Seoul, Korea and took this photo.
After returning to the US, this work was executed while daydreaming this afternoon and observing myself in this garden, and dwelling on the presence of being.
Untitled 05-02
Mixed media on paper and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
28 1/4 x 21 1/2"
2005
10-03_Bring me to the light
Mixed media on panel(diptych) and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
13 x 21"
2010
One of the mixed media works completed during my inner ear illness, "Miniere Disease."