"The Red Balloon That Floated Away" Painting

My works focus on giving a visual vacation and a relaxing time to the exhausted and weary modern people. I get inspired by nature and try to convey its purity that can relieve some stress. I think that would be the greatest joy as an artist. If a lost wanderer in the desert finds an oasis, it could be called ‘heaven’. I try to capture that kind of emotion from nature and express it in my works. People live in an era where they rely on mechanical civilization and become distant from nature, but I think they can never live without nature. In that sense, I want to offer a ‘rest’ like an ‘oasis’ to the modern people who are tired of their dark lives through my works. My works can be classified into three main themes. The first one is ‘Island of Resort’. These works depict islands that do not exist in reality but make you want to visit and rest for a few days. If the dark life of modern people is ‘desert’, then escaping from the desert is ‘crossing the sea’ and the island is ‘oasis’. The oasis can be a place of ‘rest’ or ‘heaven’. This is why I paint islands as a theme. The second one is ‘Toucan’ - ‘Bird’. The bright-colored flowers and the big-billed bird - toucan are projections of human beings and symbols of what we have lost in the progress of civilization. That’s why I paint toucans to deliver a message to people that we should reclaim what we have lost before it’s too late. The third one is ‘Flowers and Animals’. The flowers in my works are the breath of nature that become mountains, seas, and sometimes fresh air. And the animals that live in harmony with nature are the crystallization of nature that represent human purity and deliver a message of hope. I hope and pray that my works can become an ‘oasis’ that can provide visual ‘healing’ to many people like an ‘oasis’ found in the ‘desert’.