A South Korean Artist , Myonghi Kang is reported to have spent over three decades,(1980-2018) on her painting “Le temps Des Camelias”(The time of camelias).
In 1980 when the work started, she would periodically visit the then vertical canvas to add floral forms and strokes of colors but never felt the painting was done satisfactorily.
Kang eventually abandoned her creation until 2007 when she felt inspired to revisit the work, and switch its orientation to that of a conventional horizontal landscape.
The artwork which depicts not only the vibrant flowers alluded to in its title but the passing of time itself eventually took another decade before it was finally completed.
