Drawing of Korean Man by J. Hans Bakker van Guelph

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Drawing Inspired by Art at Seoul Museum of Art

During my first visit to the Seoul Museum of Art I was so inspired by the drawings I saw that I decided to buy some drawing pencils and I made this little sketch. My mom (in Dutch "Mam") used to take me to the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, when I was a boy. But I have not drawn anything since I was about sixteen. Now in my dottering (spelling?) old age I have suddenly rediscovered the desire to draw and perhaps paint again. The art work here in Korea really is quite good and in Cheonan I visited a major gallery. There is a great deal of experimental art coming out of the People's Republic of China and some of it is very provocative and stimulating. It is also freeing! When Tim Lenz and I had dinner with Oh Seung you ("Brian") and his friend Jong Su in Seoul last night I showed them my latest effort, a Buddha figure from the Tibet Museum, and they were kind enough not to laugh! I told them about the "Treasures Within" display and the current "Your Mind's Eye Digital Spectrum" display at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA; www.seoulmoa.org) and as design engineers they were interested. (I myself am not as keen on the Korean Abstract Art, but perhaps others like it more.)

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Drawing of Korean Man by J. Hans Bakker van Guelph
Drawing of Korean Man by J. Hans Bakker van Guelph