The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4 The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4 under UV light

Art Work Details

The Melody of Angels Ⅱ – Ver.4

Technique

Oil on canvas with UV-reactive pigments

Dimensions

75 x 76cm

THEME

Light, Time and Memory

Year

2024

Description

The Melody of Angels II – Version 4 is the final work in a four-part series developed from The Melody of Angels II. While preserving the same conceptual foundation, this concluding variation expands the expressive range of light by introducing a new balance of color temperature, texture, and chromatic contrast. Rather than treating light as a fixed phenomenon, I approached it as an ever-changing presence whose emotional character shifts through subtle changes in color. The introduction of luminous greens alongside vibrant reds and deep blues transforms the atmosphere of the painting, suggesting that a single source of light can evoke entirely different emotional experiences through variations in color and energy. Created with oil paint and UV-reactive pigments, the work unfolds through two interconnected visual layers. Under ordinary illumination, the interaction of warm and cool colors creates a heightened sense of movement, depth, and radiant vitality. Under ultraviolet light, another hidden image gradually emerges, revealing an invisible dimension that coexists with the visible one. Together, these two realities demonstrate how light can continuously transform perception. As the concluding work in this four-part investigation, The Melody of Angels II – Version 4 brings together my research into color temperature, texture, luminous intensity, and emotional perception. The series confirmed that light is not merely a physical phenomenon but a flexible artistic language capable of generating entirely different visual and emotional experiences. These explorations became an important foundation for my later Crystal Flower series, where light functions as the bridge between abstraction and representation.

Artist Note

[The Melody of Angels II – Ver.4] A small green light begins to spread. It flows through the intense radiance of The Melody of Angels. This light comes from the third sun, Tears of the Sacred Green Turtle. It appears before me like a luminous stone on the path toward the abyss. And before my consciousness fades away, it tells me one final story in the language of light. I am a trace of light, a testament to light, a creature of light.