Artist Statement:

Flowers of Our Mountains and Rivers Blooming on Paper reflects a practice shaped by long contemplation, close observation, and sustained engagement with the natural world. Through the making of paper, the building of color, and the repeated gesture of the hand, the work follows rhythms already present in life rather than imposing something new. Using materials gathered from paper mulberry, walnut, persimmon, wood vinegar, and lacquer, the artist approaches each element not simply as a resource, but as a vessel of season, place, endurance, and memory. The resulting works carry the landscapes that have shifted over time and the quiet continuity of life within them.

Across paper surfaces and lacquered vessels, marks, textures, and layers emerge as traces of lived time rather than direct representations. Dots, lines, and accumulated surfaces evoke the breath of the forest, the rhythm of fields, and the labor and care passed down through generations. The vessels, though rooted in use, also hold the imprint of waiting, touch, and repetition, allowing nature’s time and human time to meet. Together, these works offer a quiet meditation on endurance, material memory, and the warmth of life as it continues to unfold through making.

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