This painting comes from nostalgia. The
Hyung Joo Kim
This painting comes from nostalgia.
The good kind. The weird kind. The kind that shows up uninvited while you’re doing the dishes.
As a child, I spent a lot of time drawing my town. The streets, the little shops, the everyday chaos. The prizes usually went elsewhere.
So eventually, I solved the problem.
I gave myself a ribbon.
Not gold.
Not silver.
Not bronze.
A Self-Issued Participation Ribbon.
No judges required.
These days, I still paint memories. The happy ones. The complicated ones. The ones that make me laugh years later.
I don’t paint them to win anything.
I paint them because they belong somewhere.
Most of them ended up in LALATOWN.
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Posted May 30, 2026
This painting comes from nostalgia. The good kind. The weird kind. The kind that shows up uninvited while you’re doing the dishes. As a child, I spent a lot ...
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