Deer Beneath the Pine — color design

Deer Beneath the Pine

송학사슴도

Animals & Nature · A quiet scene beneath the pine.

A quiet scene beneath the pine. Longevity, Pastoral quiet converge in this work — drawn from Korean traditional painting and reinterpreted for the medium of skin.

소나무 아래의 고요한 풍경.

On choosing this motif

Deer is a motif that carries longevity in Korean traditional painting. I draw it not as decoration but as a pledge — something the wearer will carry through years, asking it to mean what it has always meant.

— Haesol Choi