“Blessings” is the title of a  project I conducted between the year 2010 and 2017.  It is composed of three parts, and each part employs a different medium; the first being a series of etching, the second an installation of silk-screened patterns on paper, and an the third an artist book.

The abstract-scapes are visual metaphors that reflects my inner landscape as I was going through pregnancy, giving birth to, and raising an infant.

The key word is a tension—both lived and visually represented—that is best explained in a form of a question: :

Is it the same or different creative energy that enables me to do “mothering” and “art making?” How much does a woman have to lose to be a mother? Can I be a successful artist and a mother?

The tensions-questions then were translated into a visual tension animated by colors and movement of shapes.

Blessings I is one of three-part project which explores my personal experience of pregnancy and birth. The abstract images record my shifting emotions through flows of energy.

Blessings I is made of twelve monochromatic prints made with etching and aquatint. The series explores the space as a structure of forces. Tessellation, which simply means tiling of repeating shapes, constructs space in movement. I choose patterns intuitively in consideration of the gestalt, or the overall impression of the image that I try to achieve. Through repetition and change of patterns, I try to create a sense of dynamic equlibrium.

January ~ December, Etching, aquatint, 40 cm x 50 cm