I have often felt divorced from nature's energy because of my focus on establishing security as an immigrant. I feel that these pressures are shared by many others today. Through my artistic practice, I am regaining my connection to the truth and vitality in nature. My images are drawn from my life experiences and focus on the places I have lived, such as Los Angeles’ northeastern mountains and the South Korean countryside where I was born. My work reflects contemplative methods to express nature's energetic spirit and awaken the viewer's inner vitality through sympathy and resonance with these landscapes.

My art derives from the embrace of moments that produce transcendence, just as the “sublime” came to play a central role in the transformation of modern art. I harmonize representation and abstraction to dismantle viewers’ association of images that are usually limited to specific meanings. Most importantly, I seek to convey vitality. My process is like a sacred ritual to capture the rhythm of the moment when inspiration from nature and my body communicate on equal terms in a state where intellectual judgment is suspended. Capturing these fleeting moments into visual expression awakens my consciousness once polluted by prejudice and now restored to my original creativity.