Lee jung woong biography of mahatma
Behind the Art: Lee Jung Woong and His Brush with Ink!
Lee Jung-Woong
Jung-Woong, Lee
Born in Korea in 1963 and having attained his Masters in Fine Arts from Keimyung University, Korea, in 2007, the adept Lee Jungwoong never fails to astound.
Lee jung woong biography of mahatma
Using Korean rice paper and Western oil paint he brings poetic and almost literal life into his subjects. His Chinese brushes and ebony ink splotches, swipes and bleeds showcase dynamism and motion that far surpass a simple two-dimensional image.
They are accompanied by gleaming wood and brush hairs visible in the coarseness of every individual strand. The amount of detailing renders his works flawless, sometimes causing viewers to lean in, trying to find the brushstrokes that created the glossy smoothness of the handles, the soaked transience of the paper and the compliance of every brush hair.
From chaotic splashes of ink to cleansing bold strokes on a stark background, the artist instills the depicted inanimate object with emotion and spirituality, using space and the placement of backgroun