A sail boat on the blue river stream that flows silently with the weight of myriad years. It flows down without rower, shaking slightly, along the river that flows down.
Murmur of the boat landing that is seen afar. Fish that play amidst the blue waters. At the vicinity of the ferry, light green willow sways briskly in the mild wind, and the deep shadow of Mt. Achasan dyes a deep blue over the river.
One day, I want to live a life without regrets while enjoying this scenery.
after growing a small vegetable garden, I want to carry a fishing reel on my back, and head to the riverside, wearing a straw hat.
While checking out the whereabouts of the nearby area, people in the neighbor who come and go greet each other. After going to the riverside, I throw in the fishing reel and lay back whether I catch fish or not, and cover my face with the straw hat, and sleep deep. Once awake, I pull out the swaying fishing reel. How relaxing is this scenery!
Although it may not be possible to stroll along the paradise, this scenery is one of the mind that anyone can draw. One landscape painting that captures this mindset accurately looks as if it would unfold in front of our eyes suddenly through black ink and the space of white paper.
This is the scenery of 'Gwangjin' that Chung Sun is drawing.
Although Chung Sun inherited the traditional black and white ink painting method or the the vein of the colored painting when it comes to painting techniques, he also developed his unique pen and ink technique, and this was the result of carefully observing the characteristics of natural aesthetics. More any other painters of the Chosun Dynasty, he left behind the most number of artworks, but also he deeply influenced others, whether scholars or professional painters. As such, he ensured that the flow of the actual Korean landscape painting, which can be referred to as as the school of Gyeomjae painting technique, up to the initial stage of the 19 th Century.
And ¡®Gwangjin' is one of the paintings that he completed through this deep contemplation of the nature and his unique pen and ink technique. At that time, Gwangjin was the vicinity of the ferry where one could reach by following through the Gwangjin road after passing by the »ì°ùÀÌ bridge within the capital city, and it was possible to go to the »ïÀüµµ by crossing the river only when one got on the boat from this site.
Perhaps the scenery of 'Gwangjin' may be someone waiting to get on the sail boat. Instead of drawing a landscape that does not exist in the ÀÌ»óÇâ ( ìµßÌúÁ ), he is unfolding a dream-like fantasy while capturing the landscape that unfolds in actuality in front of one's eyes, using one stroke of brush on white painting.