Laguna College of Art + Design

Finding beauty in ordinary objects excites me. In each still life, I use ordinary

vessels as my subject matter. I paint them in oil in a classical and traditional style. I use

ceramic vessels in Oriental and simple design because they helps to create a feeling of

quietness and peace. By incorporating Western techniques and Oriental style objects, I

want my work to contain both Asian and Western beauty. I paint ordinary ceramic

vessels that are metaphors for people. I think that the process of making a ceramic vessel

is analogous to the growing stages of human characteristics. Making a beautiful ceramic

vessel requires times for each step to build the piece. I believe that people also need time

to develop their own characteristics and to become mature. I use vessels as if they

contain the inner beauty of people, and the vessels symbolize objects that are capable of

receiving and pouring out love. I attempt to capture and emphasize the beauty of each

object with color and details in paintings of intimate scale; it is my goal to make viewers

feel that my works are as special and personal as precious and cherished jewelry.