He most often makes use of Korean themes or imagery in his art. It is not always easy for the Western viewer to understand the implications of an artist like Jang, whose skilled use of pigment on Korean paper results in pictures of unusual beauty and subtle form. Indeed, the compositions often might be characterized as decorative—a word not usually associated with extraordinary accomplishment in painting. But in the Korean classical tradition, as in the other East Asian traditions, the ornamental is part of a larger vision and system.