Eunna’s artistic practice centers on forest landscapes that bridge imagination and reality, embodying the sublimity of life’s eternal cycle–birth, decay, and renewal.  From the perspective of a mother of two children, Eunna perceives the forest as a nurturing space–like a mother’s womb–that embraces and sustains life. To her the forest is the root of all life, a source that revives our natural vitality, sensitivity, and intelligence.

As a Canadian artist who immigrated from Korea, she is deeply influenced by the traditional Korean worldview that all living beings of the forest–along with inanimate elements such as rocks, soil, and water–possess spirits. Within this belief, the forest is honored as a sacred site of healing. This philosophy closely aligns with the Cree worldview in Canada, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of all life and recognizes the forest as a living, spiritual being endowed with life-giving forces. Rooted in these perspectives, the forest landscapes Eunna creates move beyond anthropocentric thinking that separates humans from nature. Instead, she envisions a space where humans are part of the natural world, deeply and spiritually connected to all living beings.

Incorporating a wide range of media, Eunna creates forest landscape artworks as multi-dimensional and multi-sensory experiences. Photographs of forest regions from around Alberta serve as the foundation for each piece, onto which she layers painting, printmaking, embroidery and tufting. The subtlety of these additions reconstruct the forest landscape, reflecting the complexity of forest ecosystems and giving the impression that the work is alive and growing, as vibrant as the forests that they represent. 

In her work, the forest is a living entity–one that breathes, connects, and carries the memories of countless generations. Within her forest landscapes, Eunna hopes that viewers encounter moments in which their own memories and emotions are stirred–moments that allow them to feel profoundly connected to nature. Through this intimate connection, she seeks to awaken a deeper awareness of the sacred and enduring value of coexistence with the living ecosystems that sustain all life.