4/6/2025
Inspired by classics, I envision a new world.
In the form of a picture, in the form of a poem.
The work "Picture of the rank badge, Among Us, Pine Field of the rank badge" is a spiritual expression in the form of a unique folk painting. It is a painting of the past that prevents bad luck exchanged at the beginning of the New Year, and prays for happiness and a long and healthy life, using the artist's unique painting style. I wanted to capture a beautiful wish. “The heart of Zen” is when I was young, holding the hand of my mother, who had a deep Buddhist devotion, going to the temple, waiting for my mother to pray with utmost sincerity for her child, observing the lotus flower blooming in the front yard of Daeungjeon, and seeing the untainted mallard duck, which was good and liberating. expressed the feelings of
It was a long time ago.
The sound of the wind seeping through the weather strip
The almost inaudible sound of spring coming.
Stepping on the warm sunlight
Let me come into the room of my house
Always praying for my ancestors in 立春大吉
A soul who has lived by virtue.
Become a world full of filial piety and righteousness
Always with filial piety in your eyes
my house next door
May everyone be peaceful and peaceful.
-In LA-
picture of rank badge
46 x 38 cm, acrylic on paper, 1989
Among us
A glance
Wearing a mask and facing each other
once upon a time
White snow is on Birobong Peak of Mt. Geumgang
Wearing white clothes as tall as us
Through the Duman River, Daedong River, Han River, Geum River, and Nakdong River,
Anchored in Seogwipo, Jeju
The sorrow of our boatmen’s tears
Playing the janggu, pounding hard.
As we glance at each other
I put on a mask and look at you.
Anyway, just like we do with each other.
You look at me like you're fighting.
We have each other's backs.
-In LA-
Among us
40x41cm, acrylic on paper, 1989
Ipchundae-gil, Geonyang Da-gyeong.
Hak accuses Da-kyung of being abused.
The deer, like the deer, asks for the name of the breastplate.
To enjoy it for a thousand years
Known as the Yin Water Temple turtle,
In every pine field, as a pillar of breastplate
Always growing green pine needles.
The pine field of the rank badge
93 x 57 cm, acrylic on fabric
Each lotus flower in the mud of the pond
Lotus flowers bloom in the mud of the pond,
Ducks gather together in a pond where lotus flowers are blooming.
Where water ducks gather
Even goldfish gather together
The flowing stream of water seems to know the mind of the Buddha,
Treated with lotus leaves,
Is it a Buddhist scripture? The sound of a moktak is loud enough in my ears.
It sounds like the wind blowing.
What you see is a pond and lotus leaves...
The lotus leaves control the water flowing over the water.
-In February-
Zen heart
81 x 65cm, acrylic on paper, 2012