Suong Yangchareon, Large Suong Yangchareon Thai American Photorealist LA California Street Painting

Suong Yangchareon (Thai American, 1952-)
Acrylic on Canvas
Los Angeles Street Scene with yellow taxi cab and cars.
Hand signed with Initials.
Dimensions: Overall Size: 25 1/4 x 49 1/4 in. Sight Size: 23 5/8 x 47 5/8 in.

Yangchareon came to Los Angeles, California from Lampang, Thailand, Southeast Asia where he studied Fine Arts at the Arts & Crafts College (Poh Chang), Bangkok, Thailand and Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. In California he continued his studies at Woodbury University, receiving a degree in Advertising Design. He is a contemporary figurative realist artist. He painted the urban landscape of California, which have been exhibited in solo and group shows. His work is represented by prominent galleries nationally. Yangchareon spent much of his childhood at his father’s movie theater where he became fascinated with the world of American Westerns. The nostalgia for this idyllic film Americana can be garnered through his subject matter. Abandoned theaters, factories and businesses of an almost extinct era of architecture are carefully rendered in the soft morning light. Working from his own photography, shot during the early hours of the day, Yangchareon’s acrylic and oil paintings are largely devoid of human figures, but deeply imbued with their past presence. Recently, the artist has broadened his focus to include imagery of the city at night––rendering glistening rain-soaked sidewalks bathed in the artificial light of street lamps and movie marquees against an inky black sky. Yet, Yangchareon’s motivation remains the same; to find the hidden beauty in varying industrial landscapes and seeing splendor where most would argue it does not exist. Reminiscent of Edward Hopper, a sense of melancholy pervades his compositions in a quiet, detached manner. The influence of Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud can also be detected in the artist’s sense of color and in his interpretation of light. Moody LA auto culture artwork dealing with themes of isolation and alienation.

Select Exhibitions

2017 Golden Dreams, The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA
2016 In the Land of Sunshine: Imaging the California Coast Culture, Pasadena Museum of California Art
2016 Recent Paintings & Works on Paper, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013–2014 Suong Yangchareon: Places Out of Time, St. Supéry Estate, Vineyards & Winery, Rutherford, CA
2012 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center
LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center
Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center,
artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center
Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL
2009 Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2008 Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Fred Dalkey, Eileen David,
Roy De Forest, Richard Diebenkorn, David Fertig, John Graham,
Robert Hudson, Ed Musante, Manuel Neri, Arthur Okamura,
John Santoro, Richard Shaw, Pam Sheehan, Wayne Thiebaud,
Chris Thorson, Peter Voulkos, , Andrew Wilson, David Wilson,
Suong Yangchareon, Bambara (Bamana of Mali), Chancay Culture, Firmstrong Bikes, Inc., and Anonymous
2007 Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tony Berlant and Suong Yangchareon, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Paintings of The New Landscape, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna