I spent my childhood in the countryside with my grandparents. I have many good memories from that time.
My grandmother always took me with her to the work in the fields and mountains or
to do the laundry at the bank of the stream.
I remember that candlelit room in my grandparents' house where I slept.
Sometimes she took me with her to her friend's house after sun down.
On the way, the moonlight was blue and the night smelled good.
I could see shadows of trees, houses, rocks, mountains, moving animals and tons of stars in the sky.
I heard wolves crying and bugs singing. Each season brought different images, sounds and smells.
I treasure all the memories back then, and they inspire my art now.
I started origami art in 2003. Two years later, I started painting.
I had never thought much about painting nor did I get an art education; it was just not my work.
But one day, I wondered what origami combined with painting would look like.
So I simply started to paint and I haven't been able to stop working since then.
I don't usually think about what I am going to do before I start.
Only afterward, when the piece is done I know what the art is about.
Bio
Won-Ju Hulse is a mixed-media artist who specializes in origami and acrylic.
She started creating her origami artwork in 2003,
and starting showing her work not long after that. In 2005, she began painting.
She uses jewel-like glazes of color and incorporates her familiar folded paper shapes.
Her playful and reflective paintings find poetry in a wide variety of subjects.
Her current works are very unique with her own design of origami with acrylic painting.
She lives and works in Oakland.
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