The park surrounding Castello di Miramare near Trieste has many openings within the foliage from which a playful glance at this beautiful castle can be stolen. Originally built by an Austrian archduke, the castle seems at home in the North of Italy.
Beyond the symmetry or suddenness of this mountain, what appeals to me most is its almost friendly gaze as it watches over the surrounding countryside. Its soft slopes emit a sense of safety and comfort not typical of other mountains.
This street scene in Kyoto captures stark differences between my home country and Japan. The buildings caress the quiet street in an intimate embrace, a far cry from the sprawling, isolating cities of home. Despite this, the English translation on…
This work was created while I was studying abroad in Florence, and was drawn with ink I made myself as I studied renaissance drawing and painting techniques. It depicts a section of my trinket shelf, something I have curated over time which hangs…
Vertex was created using Silverpoint, a Renaissance-era technique in which artists like da Vinci or Dürer would use metal to draw. The surface has been treated with a "ground" that contains both an orange pigment and bone-ash, which serves to create…
This oil gilded egg tempera painting features the popular pro-wrestler of the 80s and 90s, The Ultimate Warrior. What drew me to this character and subject matter was his anatomy, costume, and electric stage presence. One of the things I find most…
Namu (나무) means “tree” in Korean and inspired this photo montage-textual art piece. The trunk of the trees is created from actual tree trunks while the leaves come from stacked images of bushes. I play with the idea of what makes up an object as this…