What I value most in art is its ability
to give people “their own kind of experience.”
By that, I mean something personal, something rooted in the emotions, memories, or moments that each person holds dear.
We all move through life with our own rhythms and values, and I think art should have room for all of that.
For me, that core feeling is ‘joy’. I want my work to be a small but joyful comfort one can turn to after a long day.
I aim to create pieces that feel light, not shallow, but generous, approachable, and warm.
The main motif I work with is the star. I’ve always seen stars as something joyous—both visually and emotionally.
They spark imagination and carry romance, dreams, and stories.
“Star” holds many meanings such as celebrity, light, wish, magic and appears in both literature and the night sky, making it familiar and playful.
Sometimes, even just three sharp lines are enough to suggest a star. Overlay them and they become circles.
There are endless possibilities within an explosion. Lines become glowing fields and dots spread out like echoes.
Each form has its own beauty; its own logic. These infinite variations of stars are a key source of inspiration in my work.
What draws me most is how stars look and behave: they shine in the dark with full energy, burst into infinite forms, and suggest motion and vitality.
‘Vitality’ is what I value most as the driving force of life. It’s the emotion behind passion, will, love, movement. Stars, to me, embody that spirit.
Stars don’t wait to be lit, they are the light.
I focus on four visual qualities: Self-lit, Explosive, Energetic, Alive. I love when colors collide, when a fiery stroke leads the eye somewhere unexpected.
That constant explosion of liveliness is the spirit I try to capture in my work. The moment when something takes on its ‘own’ light is where my fascination begins.
Lately, I’ve been looking for “star moments”in daily life. The spray of a shower, the way raindrops explode when they hit puddles,
the flicker of a candle, a seed quietly holding life inside: these are stars, too, in their own way. I try to notice them and bring them into my work.
Through my work, I hope to give weight to small things—to make them feel meaningful and alive.
I want my paintings to be sincere, quietly witty, and emotionally honest. Even if we can’t always live like stars, constantly burning and bursting,
I hope we can look up and feel something close to it. I hope my paintings offer that kind of momentary energy.
Sometimes I wish my paintings could make sound. I want them to crackle as if you could hear the “pop!” and “snap!” of energy as the forms collide over my canvas.
I want them to move, to surprise, to feel alive. That’s the kind of art I dream of making with stars as the starting point.