Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 31 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 44

Poem: A large cuckoo flew into the night sky, just like a shooting star which crosses slowly through the darkness.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 35 3/4 x 48 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 29

Poem: Bird, human being, and the world live with their bodies. Everyone, including those who are living in an age as dark as death and those who are already dead, lives with the whole body and dies with the whole body. Therefore, please don't be cruel to life.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 35 3/4 x 48 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 29

Poem: Bird flies with the whole body, not with wings. It is because life is one whole world.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 20

Poem: There is a dog which think they are a human not a dog. It is not a dog's fault. Also there is a human which they don't even know they are a dog. Whatever, a dog and a human both need to find their own position and do their job properly. -Isn't it? Woof! Woof!

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2013
Edition: of 27

Poem: I am running in trace, which I did yesterday.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 24 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 63

Poem: I had spread out the harvest to dry. I had hung out the laundry to dry. Since I've finished gathering them in, O Sun you may set now.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 21 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 30

Poem: On a chilly spring day, apricot flowers are going to bloom beside the people working on the field. Those who welcome spring only with eyes, not with working, are not aware of apricot flowers blooming.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 12 x 27 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 18

Poem: Ok, I will be waiting here.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2004
Edition: of 41

Poem: A moving seed cannot sprout. Stay calm.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 30

Poem: Vanity and rage are all the same. Like a delivery man, why people are so busy with something that is not even their own?

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 30

Poem: The forecast called for snow. The sky is clear. The two originally had nothing to do with each other.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 1997
Edition: of 28

Poem: You cannot take stones from the support of the upper ones. If you miss one you miss all.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 41

Poem: Dear! Do you hear the birds chirping? The chirping you hand over to me!

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 24 x 15 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 24

Poem: Oh you, the seeker of the Way, are you still living at that address? Why don't you move out of there for your own life?

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 14 x 24 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2005
Edition: of 40

Poem: The house looks like a mountain. The sun rises like a friend. You are already bright. When I become bright, we will be birds of a feather.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 x 24 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 40

Poem: On the water a ship was returning, after sailing in the wide open space, to a small house.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 31 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 33

Poem: After rain. Everything looks clear. The dog is barking at the cat. It must be a good day.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 30 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2002
Edition: of 40

Poem: I used to think the tall trees on a high mountain were the highest.  And now I see a small bird flying in the sky over the mountain.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 1998
Edition: of 22

Poem: A clear day.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 30

Poem: I hear you are reading. Nothing is better than studying. But some books are too big to bring into the room. I just dropped by since the flowers were so beautiful today.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 2 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Mexican, 1972
Date finished: 2008
Edition: of 25

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 18 x 54 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1952
Date finished: 2007
Edition: of 16

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):

Karen Kunc's large evocative woodcuts are inspired by human relationships to nature and landscape. She brings elements from many cultures into her work, including Moorish, Spanish, and Japanese influences. Kunc is a master of woodcut and is distinguished from other artists by her innovations in the medium.  We look forward to her solo exhibition of artist books at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum next month.