Plum Drift

Christine Kwon’s recent paintings mark a quieter evolution in her practice, shifting from fragmented imagery and symbolic forms toward a deeper exploration of color, light, and atmosphere. Built through translucent layers of acrylic, each surface develops gradually as pigment accumulates and light moves through and reflects between layers. Organic lines and geometric forms occasionally provide structure, while in other works, color itself becomes the composition, with subtle gradients creating a sense of depth, movement, and luminosity.

While Kwon’s work remains rooted in memory, she increasingly approaches it through sensation rather than representation. She considers how color, light, and spatial relationships can evoke elusive emotional states—moments of stillness, distance, longing, and recognition. Through an intuitive and contemplative process, forms emerge and dissolve into fields of color, mirroring memory’s movement between clarity and ambiguity. The resulting works invite perception to slow, allowing viewers to bring their own memories and associations to the experience of the painting.