Also featured in Exhibition Hall 2 of the Mokpo Culture & Arts Center, Oh Sook Hwan has long sought to capture the unseen energies and sensations of nature through ink and paper.

The Waves of Nature series is created through her original burning technique, in which thin layers of hanji are scorched and then overlapped. The charred marks reveal invisible currents of air and traces of energy, approaching us as temporal imprints where life and disappearance coexist.

Drawing on the brushstroke methods of traditional landscape painting, the artist layers within a single frame the perspectives encountered while ascending and descending mountains. With the addition of wind and cloud imagery, the multi-viewpoint composition of classical painting is reinterpreted in a contemporary context.

Even within the stark contrast of black ink and white paper, the delicate traces of spreading and charring evoke the ripples of sand dunes, the curves of cultivated fields, and the breeze across the water’s surface—recalling the rhythms of nature.

Ultimately, Waves of Nature can be seen as the expansion of nature’s breath into waves, and as a record of traces left behind by time and life.