Chul-Hwan Park, 1964 | Still Life painter

Chul-Hwan Park is a Korean Still Life painter of flowers, with a Master of Painting from Hongik University Graduate School of Fine Arts in Seoul, Korea.

Park’s still-life paintings are of such vivid realism that one nearly expects his flower blooms to exude a fragrance like their real-life counterparts.

One recalls the legendary Korean painter Solgeo, whose painting of a pine tree on a temple wall was so real that it lured birds to nest. Like Solgeo, Park is a true artist of realism.

The majority of Park’s artworks are classic and traditional in their expression, particularly in composition and selection of motifs, such as his use of red roses or white magnolias in ceramic vases.

His extremely realistic painting style resembles that of still-life master Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin.

Park spent most of his childhood living by the sea.

As a result, his affinity with the majestic sea and its beautiful sunsets is clearly manifested in his Waves series.

His colour control is superb, and the sun’s rays appear to be shining from his artwork even without the aid of spotlights to enhance the painting.

The Korean artist has held 42 Solo Exhibitions in Seoul, Tokyo, China, Switzerland, Venezuela and New York.