Echoes of the Lines is associated with the ongoing drawing project Equivocal Landscape, which I began in 1998 by making one drawing each day in a 5.9 × 8.5-inch (A5) sketchbook using a 0.2-mm black micro-pigment ink pen. Each drawing originates from recollections of the day, in the form of a tree, accompanied by a color annotation on the verso that represents the day’s mood.

In Echoes of the Lines, I develop paintings from selected drawings in fragmentary form. Rather than reproducing the original image, I extend it through color, shape, texture, and layered marks.

I allow partial forms and residual lines to emerge across the surface. The title of each painting corresponds to the location and date of the original drawing.

When I began the series in 2018, the paintings employed restrained color and heavily textured surfaces formed with oil stick, allowing dark linear traces to appear as though inscribed into the painting itself. These early works approached the surface as a site of residue and accumulation, recalling the material presence of wall markings or archaeological traces.

Since 2021, I have incorporated broader color ranges derived from the annotations of the original drawings and developed smoother, more layered surfaces. In recent works, overlapping brushstrokes and transformed shapes from the drawings appear intermittently within constellations of color, suggesting images that remain only partially visible.