Written by So Yoon Kyung

As a picture book writer and pure fine artist, the writer, So Yoon Kung, is famous for her unique position as an artist. In this book, she presents her honest story of her life. She has continuously tried to put the theme of ‘art’ in the center of her life so far, and now she shares her brilliant insight through fresh and pleasant episodes in her middle age.

Diverse stories of her daily life and artwork spent in her ‘walnut tree atelier’, which is also her home, stories about so many experienced people in publishing and art business, and her traveling stories…… All these stories of her life are filled with her vivid energy. It is somewhat like we have honest and pleasant conversation with good people. This book, ‘Walnut Tree Atelier’ will be a small encouragement for people dreaming of being artists, and a good inspiring essay for people who are now thinking of their life direction and who want to check out their life so far.

The writer has fully revealed her daily life and approached readers by telling, “I have lived so far in this way,” in a friendly way, but she is so clear and proud of herself when it comes to her work. She has chosen only one way in her life so far. Her strength and her strong will boost her integrity in work episodes while creating her own way. In this book, her attitude to challenge herself to new things in a rapidly changing world, her spirit as an artist in her picture books, actual voices from the field such as out-of-printing books she illustrated are all vividly contained in this book. Furthermore, she also shares her suffering experience when she turned from a pure fine artist into an illustrator. This book can be a guide for people who want to be artists, and this book also presents such honest stories how actual artists feel about their own professions.