Soonae Kim
Oil Paintings, prints
Portland Oregon

SOONAE KIM - ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Studies of Water and Sky

Nature displays colors in many different hues. The naked eye sometimes does not see all of the colors that nature displays for us. With my imagination I try to interpret the colors which my eyes do not see.

I have been always interested in colors in the sky. Whether I can name the colors or not,

staring at color changes in the sky is still a mind blowing experience for me.  The sky reflects my thoughts and the mood of my feelings.

I spent two years working as a dive master for a scuba diving company in the Marianas Islands. The water was so beautiful and comfortable. Underwater, the size of objects and distances between objects become distorted.  Colors also are changed and transformed. Much of my work deals with the colors and reflections I see on the surface of the water as viewed from the ocean floor.