Artist's Statement   November 2025 Contemporary Myth In my new series Contemporary Myth, I explore how ancient myths still live within the fast rhythm of modern life—how they shape the spirit of our time. My paintings mix the real and the imagined, as if myth has merged into reality to form new stories. Ancient symbols become scenes from today’s cities. Shapes and figures appear and fade through layers of paint and motion, showing that myth is not only from the past but still moves within us, consciously and unconsciously, shaping how we see and tell our own stories. My work naturally sits between realism and abstraction, but belongs fully to neither—just as my life began in Seoul and continues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each painting grows from instinct, one mark leading to another, so that images rise and fall like memories. Light, movement, and texture reveal change. The energy that flows through the brushstrokes, colors, and values connects and weaves them together, giving the surface a pulse and turning quiet observation into a living experience. Within these layered spaces, viewers’ own memories and imaginations meet. I do not paint myths to explain them. I paint to understand how they still live and breathe today—in our streets and in our minds. These places become stages where human emotions repeat in new forms, shaping the spirit of our age. Contemporary Myth invites viewers to find their own stories in the space between what is seen and what is imagined.