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Many of the paintings in this exhibition have elements that contrast darkness and light, both metaphorically and literally. Here darkness isn’t intended as negative, rather it signifies that mysterious alchemical place of learning and deepening. Darkness is necessary for revealing light - and light understood only through darkness. Insight can be revealed by the light of darkness.

Vessels, often an open bowl, figure prominently in my work and have many symbolic associations. In these paintings, a moon jar is introduced. When I first became aware of these elegant Korean vessels, I felt …