While I love working in the ceramics studio, painting provides me with a great balance between focused work and relaxing meditative activity. Allowing the brushstrokes to flow over the surface gives me the opportunity to paint whatever comes to mind. After creating my first blue landscape at the age of 10, I returned to this practice. I not only paint snowy winter landscapes and mountains but also scenes of woodlands, with the blue hues evoking the nostalgic, dreamlike feeling of my childhood and the natural places I cherished.