My Artwork Was Featured at the Mills Pond Gallery – Reflections from a Showcased Artist

My Artwork Was Featured at the Mills Pond Gallery – Reflections from a Showcased Artist

​Recently, my work was exhibited at the “Winners Showcase Fine Art Exhibition” held at Mills Pond Gallery.

It was featured in a local newspaper and captured in a photograph, and as an artist, that moment was a very overwhelming and grateful experience.

This exhibition was more than just a simple gallery exhibition; it was a place where the award-winning artists from the past year gathered together to showcase their works. The exhibition, in which nine award-winning artists participated, showcased the “depth and diversity of local art” through various media such as oil painting, watercolor painting, sculpture, and digital drawing.

My work was particularly themed on the vitality and flow of emotions that bloom in nature. I wanted to express the “movement” and “energy” contained in the painting, rather than simply reproducing objects through painting. In particular, this painting depicting the moment of the dancing fish Beta symbolically captures freedom, emotion, and the cycle of life.

When I saw my work in a newspaper article, I felt that the things I had been thinking about and trying through painting had reached someone. Art is often a solitary journey, but the fact that a small piece of that journey can be shared in a public space is very meaningful.

In the future, I want to continue to draw the world with a quiet but sincere gaze, and draw pictures that do not miss even the smallest emotional movements.

“For the Next Leap as an Artist”

Every time I exhibit my artwork, I find myself facing a quiet but powerful question:
“Have I grown since last year?”
It’s not just about producing something technically better--
It’s about creating something that reflects the way I’ve changed, evolved, and deepened as a person and an artist.

Art, to me, is an ongoing journey of renewal.
All the time I’ve spent trying to become a better version of myself—the long hours, the moments of doubt, the restless revisions, the quiet perseverance--
I want all of it to mean something, to leave a lasting impact, no matter how subtle.
So I gave this work everything I could.

I poured into it my energy, my emotions, my growth, and my hard-won understanding.

It may not be perfect—but it is authentic, and I’m truly satisfied with what I’ve created.
And I believe--
Each small effort, each quiet push forward, becomes the foundation for the next great leap.
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That next leap may not be higher, but it will be deeper in meaning, broader in resonance, and truer to who I am.
With that belief, I pick up my brush again, steady my heart, and step into the next phase of the journey.

​One of the greatest joys in life as an artist is the moment when my work is ‘seen’ by the world, and the moment when I am certain that I may have made a small impact on someone through that exposure.

For over 10 years, I have been consistently creating in this area.
The quiet, sincere, and ceaseless progress has piled up, and at some point, the fruits of my labor began to show.

I feel it every time my work is introduced in the local newspaper.

“Ah, my art is not just my own work, but is connected to the community.”

When someone reads the article, takes interest, visits the exhibition, and sometimes even starts a conversation,
all of those moments mean more to me than just exposure.

It is as if I am realizing that I am a small part of this area, contributing culturally,
and confirming my belief that art can play a role in the public sphere.

My life as a local artist quietly teaches me that being firmly rooted in the world is not about flashy growth,
but about maintaining that place and blooming steadily.

Exposure is not simply 'being seen',
it is a record of my presence,
it is proof that I was meaningful to someone.

And that is where I feel deep joy as an artist.