sketches around the large parking lot at Apgujeong-dong, Seoul

The large parking lot of Hyundai  Department Store in Apgujeong, pencil and watercolor

nearby Hyundai  Apartment complex, pen and watercolor

Hyundai Department Store in Apgujeong,  pen and watercolor

members of Outdoor Watercolor Artist's Group waiting for the bus, pen and watercolor

Gangnam City Tour bus, pen and watercolor

the overpass crossing Apgujeongno,  pen and watercolor

FarEast Sports Center across the road, pen

Hyundai Department Store viewed from the parking lot, pen

parking lot gate, pen and watercolor

Neighborhood Facilities across the road, pen and watercolor

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( 21 x 29.6cm sketchbook )

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In spring every Sunday morning, members of Korea Outdoor Watercolor Artist's Group used to gather at the large parking lot of Hyundai Department Store in Apgujeong for outdoor painting to the countryside by chartered bus. I've participated in the group frequently for 20 years. Recently every Sunday morning, I arrived on the spot a little earlier, and sketched here and there while waiting for the bus to departure.

20여년 간 틈나는 대로 일요일 야외 수채화를 그리러 나간 압구정 주차장이 나에게는 그림의 산실과 같습니다. 강남 개발의 개척지인 이 곳도 이미 오래 되고 낯익은 도시처럼 아기자기하고 매력적인 풍경과 인간적인 소재가 넘쳐납니다. 현장 그림에 매료되어 그려 왔던 수많은 전원마을 사생 작업의 나날들이 오늘의 어반 스케치의 밑거름이 되었다고도 생각합니다~~ 

개발의 역사와 더불어 황무지에서 태어난 압구정은 그림의 고향처럼 느껴집니다.