2025, water soluble pastel and colored pencil, wood stain, drawer handle, norigae on engraved panel, 16 × 20 × 2 in
Drawers have always been my favorite kind of furniture. My parents kept the ones I used as a child just as they were, and each time I open them, it feels as if another version of myself from the past is still quietly living inside. Drawers hold someone’s life — and their secrets too.
The tangled, unarranged objects within remind me of stage props, waiting for a small play to begin. This idea grew from my Memory Box series and evolved into my current Drawer Paintings. On wooden panels, I stain the surface, engrave them, delicately attach drawer handles, and paint dreamlike scenes and fragments of memory inside. The charms hanging from each handle are ones I personally found and brought from Korea.
2025, water soluble pastel and colored pencil, wood stain, nobang silk, drawer handle, wind chime on engraved panel, 16 × 20 × 2 in
2025, water soluble pastel and colored pencil, wood stain, nobang silk, drawer handle, lock and key on engraved panel, 16 × 20 × 2 in
2025, water soluble pastel and colored pencil, wood stain, nobang silk, drawer handle, lock and key on engraved panel, 16 × 20 × 2 in
2024, oil, stone clay, wooden door and panel from a jewelry box, scissors, thread, and artificial bird on panel
2024, oil, wooden finger, lid of a wooden music box, lamp, wooden container, pull chain, glass eye, brass door lock, stone clay, on panel, 30x40inches