Claude Monet gazed at water lilies in his pond every day and captured their appearance, which changed depending on the light and time of day, on canvas. At the tip of his brush, water lilies became not just a still life, but a moment of nature that constantly flows and changes. I followed Monet's gaze and reinterpreted the magic of light and color that he explored in my own way.

In particular, we wanted to enhance the expressiveness of the work by expressing the water lilies, the core of the water lily series, in a more three-dimensional and realistic way. And among them, we wanted to express the moment before dawn on a summer day, when the dawn is fading and the morning is just beginning to wake up. The soft and gentle light envelops the water lilies and gently colors the water in that quiet time.

I continued my work, hoping that the calm afterglow of dawn remaining in the air would seep into the work.

Beyond simple reproduction, I hope that the 'impression of the moment' that Monet painted will bloom again at my fingertips, and that this work will provide viewers with a new sense of sensation and a journey of contemplation.