S. Sam Park
Works:
NEW 2007 Afternoon in Capri
NEW 2007 Amsterdam
NEW 2007 Portofino
NEW 2007 Central Park NY
NEW 2007 Red Vineyards Of Napa Valley
NEW 2007 Venice
NEW 2007 Spring In Tuscany
NEW 2007 Chateau Grand Barrail St. Emillion
NEW 2007 Butchart Garden
NEW 2007 Napa Valley
NEW 2007 St. Emillion
NEW 2007 Cella De La Palla Frugell
NEW 2007 Annecy
NEW 2007 Portofino
NEW 2007 Victoria Is
NEW 2007 Capri Evening
NEW 2007 Evening of Mikonos
NEW 2007 Archway Cagne
NEW 2007 Tuscany Vineyard
NEW 2007 Hallstad Austria
Haute de Cagnes 2006 exhibit
Capri 2006 Exhibit
Tuscany Poppies 2006 exhibit
2006 Exhibition, French Flower Market
2006 Exhibition, Saint Paul des Vences
2006 Exhibition, Siene River
2006 Exhibition, Restaurantto Capri
2006 Exhibition, Hidden Cove
Village of Oberni
Rendevous in Nice From Treasures of France
Porto Venerep
Santorini
Obernai
Levillaged Aubrac
Capri
Paris Cafe
Paris Flower Market
Paris Twilight
Rainy Day Paris
San Gimignano
Fields of Tuscany
Dockside at Amalfi Park
Ponte Lago From Treasures of Italy
Sestiere di San Polo From Treasures of Italy
Vernazza from Treasures of Italy
Honfleur
Pathway to Provence
Pathway to St. Paul
Harbor View Portofino
Rendezvous in Nice From Treasures of France
Archway to Venice
Cafe in Cassis
Harbor at Honfleur From Treasures of France Suite
Afternoon in Annecy
Streets of St. Emilion
St. Michel Di Pagana
Montmartre
Annecy
Antibes
Nice
Afternoon in Capri
View Of Santorini
Bergheim
View of Portofino
Port of Managgio
St. Esprit
Le Village d’ Aubrac
Vineyard-Tuscony
Pont-Aven
Annecy-Original
Rue de Soleil
Tuscany Sunflowers
Springtime Vista
Mykonos Sunset
Evening In Capri
View of Santorini
Bio:
Born in Seoul, Korea in 1949, Sung Sam Park began painting by the age of twelve. His talents as both a teacher and an artist were recognized immediately. By the time he entered junior high he was already teaching at a high school level. Park soon attracted the attention of prominent artists and heads of state. Impressed by the young boy’s talent, Byun Si-Jin, a university president of Jo-Joo Island became his private teacher and mentor. The President of South Korea, Yoon go-Sun, presented numerous First Place awards to Park for his entries in the national competitions of the Mok-Woo Art Society. To date Park is the youngest person ever to have entered such competitions.
Besides the usual obstacles to success as an artist, Park had to overcome the strident resistance of his traditional-minded Korean family. Five generations, the extended Park family had only one son. Sun Sam Park was the only son for his generation, and as such shouldered the burdens and expectations of a proud family. “Be an engineer, or something, anything respectable,” his father had exhorted him. But young Sam would not be deterred or dissuaded from his sense of destiny.
After graduating from Yung Ang University in 1973, Park traveled to France where he studied painting in Paris. His artistic style today clearly reflects that of the French impressionists. The artist briefly returned to Korea for a national competition sponsored by the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. With more than two thousand entrants in the competition, Park won and received a Gold Medal. Following the Olympics, his painting was purchased by the Hyundai Corporation for permanent display at their corporate headquarters.
Park then returned to Europe, where he lived for the next fourteen years, primarily in France, but also in Greece and on Cyprus. While living on Cyprus, he was commissioned by the President to paint the First Lady’s portrait. It is now on display in the Presidential Palace. Another painting Park created while in Greece depicted Michael Dukakis’ birthplace and was later purchased by the former governor of Massachusetts.
In 1994 Park came to America, where he continues to live on the West Coast. In the Spring of 1998 the first limited edition works by Sam Parks premiered at Hanson Gallery Carmel followed by a one man exhibition of his impressionistic work.