About The Artist

Mason Mansung Kang was born and grown up in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). He retired in 2012 after 35 years of service in the Oil/Gas business. Learning to paint has been his biggest dream since he was young. He was finally able to pursue his passion after retirement by studying at the Graduate School of the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA from Feb 2014 until he obtained MFA in Painting in Aug 2016. He likes scenes of nature with harmonious light and shadows, especially in the sunny weather in California. Because of joining the fine art Study Abroad program to Florence, Italy in 2015, he also gained plenty of experience with plein air painting there as well. His painting, ‘On the Hill’, he won the Best Landscape award in Jun/Jul 2016 of the 6th Annual Plein Air Salon Competition, selected as the ‘Winner Emerging Artist’ of the Artmuse Contest in 2016, and also selected as the Painter for the Online Gallery of the Leisure Painter Magazine in the issue of August 2016. He is now represented by the ‘Gallery 901' in Santa Fe, NM. He sincerely hopes his works can ultimately present viewers with a sublime sense of warmth, happiness, and contentment.