Works-Abstract(Semi abstract)

The world exists through light, and every color, form, and emotion is born from it.
In my abstract paintings, I reconstruct and reinterpret this light, transforming what already exists into new emotional and visual experiences.

For me, abstraction is not about technique or pigment alone but about revealing fragments of my inner self, translated into colors, textures, and radiance. Each work reflects emotions such as emptiness, longing, passion, and quiet healing. During the process, I often write short notes to preserve the truth and emotion of the moment.

Recently, I have expanded this practice by introducing fluorescent pigments that respond to ultraviolet (UV) light. When illuminated, hidden layers awaken as unseen colors and patterns emerge, revealing a parallel reality that lies beyond human perception. Through this duality, my paintings exist both in the visible and the invisible, between memory and presence.

Some may view abstraction as ambiguous or undefined, while others find meaning within its openness. To me, it is both personal and universal, a silent dialogue between the light within the work and the light within the viewer. Whether received with praise or critique, what matters most is that fleeting moment of connection when something once hidden becomes visible and the emotion of light leaves its trace.

I See You Ⅳ (Crystal Flower Series Ⅰ)

I See You Ⅳ (Crystal Flower Series Ⅰ) - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [I See You Ⅳ(Crystal flower Series Ⅰ)] Artist’s Note You seep into my sight like fragments of light.I open another eye within me, and I look at you. Color and form break apart, scattering,then quietly gather themselves again. When [...]

Faded memories Ⅱ

Faded memories Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Faded memories Ⅱ] Artist’s Note When I close my eyes, memories sometimes come back to me. I don't know where they were or what they were. No matter how hard I try to connect them, I can't remember. Maybe it was a lakeside in [...]

Cracks in TimeⅠ

Cracks in TimeⅠ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Cracks in Time Ⅰ] Artist’s Note An immeasurable amount of time is embedded in ancient rock. The layered traces of time are warped and distorted by gravity. And I see cracks in them. I see a struggle to break free from the bonds of [...]

Cracks in Time Ⅱ

Cracks in Time Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Cracks in Time Ⅱ] Artist’s Note An immeasurable amount of time is embedded in ancient rock. The layered traces of time are warped and distorted by gravity. And I see cracks in them. I see a struggle to break free from the bonds [...]

Aspirations Ⅱ

Aspirations Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Aspirations Ⅱ] Artist’s Note I've come to realize that every moment of my life is filled with aspiration. There is a desire to be loved and accepted by someone, a desire to be free from the things that bind me, and a desire to heal [...]

Aspirations Ⅰ

Aspirations Ⅰ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Aspirations Ⅰ] Artist’s Note I've come to realize that every moment of my life is filled with aspiration. There is a desire to be loved and accepted by someone, a desire to be free from the things that bind me, and a desire to heal [...]

Faded memoriesⅠ

Faded memoriesⅠ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Faded memories Ⅰ] Artist’s Note When I close my eyes, memories sometimes come back to me. I don't know where they were or what they were. No matter how hard I try to connect them, I can't remember. Maybe it was a lakeside in the [...]

Frozen Time Ⅳ

Frozen Time Ⅳ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Frozen Time Ⅳ] Artist’s Note Within the delicate, crystalline structure of a crystal lies the essence of existence. In it, I see the concept of temporal frozenness, where fragments of time are intricately intertwined to create a single, immutable moment. Like a crystal, our [...]

Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅱ

Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅱ] Artist’s Note When I started this series, I often imagined an ocean planet with three suns. At the time, I was working on another piece based on snowflake objects. I closed my eyes for a [...]

Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅰ

Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅰ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Ocean Planet With Three Suns Ⅰ] Artist’s Note When I started this series, I often imagined an ocean planet with three suns. At the time, I was working on another piece based on snowflake objects. I closed my eyes for a [...]

Frozen Time Ⅲ

Frozen Time Ⅲ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Frozen Time Ⅲ] Artist’s Note Time, along with light, is the tool by which I understand the world. I live my life as I always have, using the time I have been given. Sometimes I want to freeze this time that is slipping away [...]

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4 - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4] Artist’s Note A small green light spreads out. This light spreads through the intense light of 'The melody of angels’. This light comes from the third sun, 'Tears of the sacred green turtle’. [...]

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.3

Ranunculus II - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.3] Artist’s Note ‘The melody of angels' begins to beat like a heart. My consciousness is drowned out by the shifting colors. It gets a little darker. So many questions, so many answers... Now scattered into shards of light [...]

Frozen time Ⅰ,Ⅱ

Frozen time Ⅰ,Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Frozen time Ⅰ,Ⅱ] Artist’s Note I want to bottle a frozen, cold moment in time. These are the colors and shapes I see when I close my eyes before bed these days. They come to me in a variety of shapes, textures, and colors.One [...]

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.2

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.2 - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.2] Artist’s Note The lonely planet orbiting three suns is covered by the sea. Even the 'Melody of Angels,' which symbolized hope and comforted my weary heart, yields its place to another sun when [...]

Time in a bottle Ⅰ, Ⅱ

Time in a bottleⅠ, Ⅱ - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Time in a bottle Ⅰ, Ⅱ] Artist’s Note If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day till eternity passes away just to spend them with you If I could [...]

A sea of three suns I

A sea of three suns I - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [A sea of three suns I] Artist’s Note There is a sea where three suns rise. It's a very deep, cold, lonely place. Stormy currents shake and throw me away. There's no night here. I need to sleep. So I have [...]

The Melody of Angels II (A sea of three suns Ⅴ)

The Melody of Angels II (A sea of three suns Ⅴ) - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The Melody of Angels II (A sea of three suns Ⅴ)] Artist’s Note The Melody of Angels Ⅱ(A sea of three suns Ⅴ) The Melody of Angels, the dazzling sun at the forefront of the three [...]

Steel rain

Steel rain - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Steel rain] Artist’s Note The rain of steel is tearing my heart apart. This warm and peaceful place has been swallowed by bloody darkness since you left. Those cold, heavy raindrops of steel pierce the depths of my heart like bullets. The countless times and [...]

Eye of the Wise Crow

Eye of the Wise Crow - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Eye of the Wise Crow] Artist’s Note ‘Eye of the wise crow’ means eternal wisdom. Listen to your gut. You will hear messages of wisdom, hope, devotion, and peace. Tainted by animosity, war, and aggression, As the protector of the delicate beauty [...]

A sea of three suns III

A sea of three suns III - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [A sea of three suns III] Artist’s Note The eye of a wise crow, the tear of a holy green turtle, and the song of an angel. These are the names of the three suns. It's a hot midday moment. Everything [...]

A sea of three suns II

A sea of three suns II - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [A sea of three suns II] Artist’s Note A sea of three suns, this is the prison of despair. There's no one around here. This place is in my nightmare. Now I'm chanting a spell that wakes up in this repeated [...]

The Melody of Angels I

The Melody of Angels I - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The Melody of Angels I] Artist’s Note The Melody of Angels, the dazzling sun at the forefront of the three suns, outshines all others. The sky basks in its radiance, and the desolate sea is bathed in a warm, comforting light. Those [...]

Golden gift

Golden gift - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Golden gift] Artist’s Note Adorned with small and large golden beads, this space is a realm from my lazy childhood afternoons' dreams. In the enchanting dreams of my girlhood, I received shimmering, golden beads as a gift from my future self. The scene within the [...]

In the autumn, there was a forest.

In the autumn, there was a forest. - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [In the autumn, there was a forest] Artist’s Note If you go to the autumn forest, there is a feast of various colors. I rearranged these colors into one element. Also, I disassembled and recombined the figure I saw. Then [...]

Figures in mosaic windows

Through this windows, the world is fragmented. Light is reflected and scattered. There was definitely an interpretable figure, but I can't understand it anymore. But this confusion and disorder gives me freedom. Now I can fill the world beyond the windows with my wishes. I can change the world like a wizard. Title Figures in [...]

I see you II

I see you II - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [I see you II] Artist’s Note I don't know when it started, but I feel that you are alive inside me. Now, you flow through my veins. I see you like that. Material Oil and UV-reactive pigment on canvas Size 122 x 62cm [...]

Festival

Festival - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Festival] Artist’s Note -Times Square Billboard Exhibition Contest Winner In New York (2023) hosted by Adler- Spring is the season of festivals. The festival is in full swing in my heart, too. It is a festival of light and color. It's a symphony of light and [...]

The cold seeps into the snowflakes

The cold seeps into the snowflakes - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [The cold seeps into the snowflakes] Artist’s Note Color has temperature. Temperature melts the ice and rises to nearly hundreds of millions of drgrees. The range of coldness I know is much smaller than that of hot. That coldness is now [...]

Temptation of lotus leaves

Temptation of lotus leaves - Jennifer Lee | Light, Memory, and Emotion [Temptation of lotus leaves] Artist’s Note Lotus leaves make colorful flowers in messy places. The world concentrates on that gorgeous flower, but I want to look at the lotus leaf, which overcame the burning pains of the midsummer sun, as the main character [...]