Lesser of Three



Jim and the Flims by Rudy Rucker



Nasal Spelunking



Bird Wrangler



Bees Bite



Kamian

American illustrator/painter Bill Carman was born in Korea, grew up in Northern California and currently lives and works in Boise, Idaho. He has a BFA in Visual Communications/Illustration and an MFA in painting from Brigham Young University. In between teaching at Boise State University and exhibiting, Carman likes to fish.

Bill Carman

Praying Monk by Gyeongbokgung Palace Seoul



Tiger Rabbit in Hongdae



Ungyo in Namdaemun

Gaia in Korea: the second of five pieces for each quadrant of the city. With the wave of evangelicalism that has arrived with the western wash that has suffused korea for the last half century, I thought it would be pertinent to hybridize/subvert the old tradition with the new influence. Shamanism and Buddhism were expelled from the city of seoul when the Joseon dynasty adopted Confucianism and now the country is undergoing a new religious transition to Christianity. But the Image of Buddhism has returned to the the walls of the palace right near the ancient gate of Gyeongbokgung, this time by the hands of a westerner. The contrast of the Buddhist monk with praying hands inscribed with the symbols of the disciple St Andrew is a portrait of passing times and transmission of culture.

Gaia

A series of paintings based on my own family mythology.
24.5"x36.5", Mixed Media, 2008

Exhibited at The Old Truman Brewery in London & Sungbo Gallery in Korea.



Hyesu is an illustrator working and living between, New York and South Korea. She graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in London with a BA Hons in Illustration. Subsequently she moved to New York to carry on studying in MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Programme at School of Visual Arts. Whilst maintaing connections in London and Korea.