Soree Kim
Artist Statement:
"I often ask myself a question. Where does my happiness come from? My happiness comes from painting. I have been living with paintings next to me since I was a child. I wanted to make people who see my paintings feel the passion and happiness that I feel when I paint. So I started drawing things that I love. Flowers, nature, freedom, happiness, morality, and imagination. I am very imaginative. So there is confusion in my mind. It's really fun to capture the chaos of the beautiful images in my head on canvas using young materials. One of the characteristics of my paintings is that they are out of the box, mixing various materials. Using real petals for painting, using needles as brushes, or the like. Maybe it's because my thoughts are put in the picture. When I inscribe happiness and imagination in my head on my canvas, I feel alive. What could be more exciting than this?"
Mark-Making
Sticker Mark Making / 10x8 inches / Gesso, tea leaves, sticker, and acrylic paint / I applied the same colour as the sticker, then, I applied the painted sticker to the surface. And applied the paint on the edge to make the sticker shape.
Sticker Mark Making (Detail) / 10x8 inches / Gesso, tea leaves, sticker, and acrylic paint / I applied the same colour as the sticker, then, I applied the painted sticker to the surface. And applied the paint on the edge to make the sticker shape.
Experimenting with Paint Thickness
City In The Jungle / 9.5x10 inches / fiber paste, soil, leaves, molding paste, flour, acrylic paint, heavy gel semi-gloss, gesso, kitchen towel, flower, and clod wax / This work is made by layering several paintings and is about an inch thick. Layers were stacked by combining different materials for each layer.
City In The Jungle (Detail) / 9.5x10 inches / Fiber paste, soil, leaves, molding paste, flour, acrylic paint, heavy gel semi-gloss, gesso, kitchen towel, flower, and clod wax / This work is made by layering several paintings and is about an inch thick. Layers were stacked by combining different materials for each layer.
Discovering Colors Around You
Eyes are the window of the Mind / 18x24 inches / Purple, white, black acrylic paints/ I painted the picture by adjusting the tone of only one colour, purple.
Eyes are the window of the Mind (Detail) / 18x24 inches / Purple, white, black acrylic paints/ I painted the picture by adjusting the tone of only one colour, purple.
Working With Colour 1
Towel and Brush / 11 x 8.5 inches / Water colour and colour pencil / The thing that stands out the most on my desk is a picture drawn with a combination of various tools, such as coloured pencils and watercolours.
Towel and Brush / 11 x 8.5 inches / Water colour and colour pencil / The thing that stands out the most on my desk is a picture drawn with a combination of various tools, such as coloured pencils and watercolours.
Working With Colour 2
Art box / 8.5x11 inches / oil pastel / The thing that stands out the most on my desk is a picture drawn.
Art box (Detail) / 8.5x11 inches / oil pastel / The thing that stands out the most on my desk is a picture drawn.
Collage
Shall Will Bloom / 18 x 24 inches / Heavy gel semi-gloss, fiber paste, acrylic paint, old painting, and paper egg storage container / Everything is black and white and he collages his face with flowers to express his individuality in a suffocating world. Also, only she painted in colourful colours.
Shall Will Bloom (Detail) / 18 x 24 inches / Heavy gel semi-gloss, fiber paste, acrylic paint, old painting, and paper egg storage container / Everything is black and white and he collages his face with flowers to express his individuality in a suffocating world. Also, only she painted in colourful colours.
Composition
Space / 16x16 inches / Acrylic, colored pencil, oil pastel, and fiber paste / This painting is based on something from my dream. Different materials were used for each room to express that different spaces are connected.
Space (Detail) / 16x16 inches / Acrylic, colored pencil, oil pastel, and fiber paste / This painting is based on something from my dream. Different materials were used for each room to express that different spaces are connected.
Exploring Texts
First drops bruise the Flower / 12x16 inches / Printed paper, acrylic paint, gesso, and kitchen towel / With the theme of the poem, it was painted in a harsh and stormy gloomy atmosphere.
First drops bruise the Flower (Detail) / 12x16 inches / Printed paper, acrylic paint, gesso, and kitchen towel / With the theme of the poem, it was painted in a harsh and stormy gloomy atmosphere.
Poem inspiration for "First drops bruise the Flower"