I have done abstract painting many years. It’s all involved line, shape, composition and concept. I do sketch and drawing that the light and shadow play important role. Recent years I got into digital photography. Since the contemporary art involves creative mind and using unlimited material and tools, I thought if I could use camera and the lights to create abstract drawing. I have tried and experienced for a few years. Now I could control and make several series of “light drawing” arts. The lights themselves become the lines of my drawings. It has been my experimental and adventure.
I have done abstract painting many years. It’s all involved line, shape, composition and concept. I do sketch and drawing that the light and shadow play important role. Recent years I got into digital photography. Since the contemporary art involves creative mind and using unlimited material and tools, I thought if I could use camera and the lights to create abstract drawing. I have tried and experienced for a few years. Now I could control and make several series of “light drawing†arts. The lights themselves become the lines of my drawings. It has been my experimental and adventure.
After several hours of preparation, I use just a single shot to complete each image. During an exposure time of approximately one minute, I manipulate lights in front of the camera to create “light drawings.†Then I invert the positive image to a negative one on a computer but otherwise the “light drawings†are not manipulated.
I have been drawing with traditional mediums for twenty-eight years. I used oil painting to explore the effects of light in a 2006 solo exhibition, “See the Light,†at the Little Tokyo Cultural Center, partnered with Helen Keller International. I became curious about the effects of lights in motion. Could this become the basis of a new kind of drawing? I experimented with cameras and lights until I was able to spontaneously tap into decades of drawing experience while the camera’s shutter was open, bringing life to a series of “light drawings.â€