He spent much time with him, going to nearby mountains and lakes and reading books together.
[9] During high school, the death of this close cousin from a spinal lesion and the memory of being with her in the country became sources of inspiration going forward.
After the arts high school, he graduated from Seoul National University in 1974.
[11] He unraveled his poetic sensibility to draw paintings with lyrical touches and concreteness.
He often used imaginary animals from the murals such as a fish with wings, bird with human face, crow with three feet living in the sun and Pegasus.
Because her image went well with butterflies, flowers, fruits and birds, he often placed those in a painting of a girl.
He also wanted to put the features of humans meditating, thinking, ruminating the memory together in his paintings.
[10] From his inspiration of traditional Korean motives, Hang-Ryul drew his first painting of a girl wearing hanbokhanbok, entitled Rainbow-colored Hanbok (색동저고리).
There were some drawings of men wearing Korean traditional overcoat but not skirt and jacket.
Since then, he has continued to draw a girl wearing hanbok especially in a rainbow-color scheme.