Gold Period

Don Ahn has built the gestural style with powerful and expressive brushstrokes over four decades. Disciplined and calculated movements found in this period are often interpreted as the movement of Eastern dragon, especially the spiritual power of “Yong Wang,” the dragon king of the sea.

Lotus Garden

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 48 in. (153 x 122 cm)

Rocks and Twigs

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 49 in. (153 x 125 cm)

Constellation

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 48 in. (153 x 122 cm)

Old Plum

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Dragon

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Plum Tree(#2 Left)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Plum Tree(#3 Right)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Zen Verticle

1997
Acrylic on Canvas
66 x 30 in. (168 x 76 cm)

Dragon With Red

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in. (122 x 92 cm)

Migration of Geese

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Migration (Center triptych)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Migration (Left triptych)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Migration (Right triptych)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Dragon In The Mountain

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Dragon In The Mountain #2 (Left triptych)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Dragon In The Mountain (Middle triptych)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Dragon Head

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Strong Wind

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
51 x 68 in. (130 x 173 cm)

Pheonix

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 60 in. (122 x 153 cm)

Dragon With Red Line

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 48 in. (153 x 122 cm)

Woman

1995
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Pulm Tree (#4 Right)

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 36 in. (153 x 92 cm)

Happiness

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in. (122 x 92 cm)

Spring Cascade

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in. (122 x 92 cm)

Dragon In Golden Pond

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
49 x 47 in. (125 x 120 cm)

Spring

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in. (92 x 122 cm)

Moon

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 54 in. (92 x 137 cm)

Zen

1997
Acrylic on Canvas
54 x 36 in. (137 x 92 cm)

Mind (Abstract Calligraphy2)

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
54 x 36 in. (137 x 92 cm)

Calligraphic Landscape

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in. (122 x 92 cm)

Happiness

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 in. (122 x 92 cm)

Long Life

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 in. (92 x 122 cm)

Wind

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 48 in. (92 x 122 cm)

Untitled

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
32 x 42 in. (81 x 107 cm)

Plum

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 40 in. (61 x 102 cm)

Untitled

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
27 x 36 in. (69 x 92 cm)

Zen Series

199?
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 92 cm)

Winter Plum Tree

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
33 x 25 in. (84 x 64 cm)

Untitled

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 32 in. (56 x 81 cm)

Zen Calligraphy with Red Line

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
32 x 24 in. (81 x 61 cm)

Spring Sunrise

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 27.5 in. (56 x 70 cm)

Untitled

1998
Acrylic on Canvas
17.5 x 25 in. (44 x 64 cm)

Two Yellow Dragon

1997
Acrylic on Canvas
19.5 x 25 in. (50 x 64 cm)

Untitled

1997
Acrylic on Canvas
17.5 x 25 in. (44 x 64 cm)

Untitled

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
54 x 84 in. (137 x 213 cm)

Water Fall

1999
Acrylic on Canvas
66 x 66 in. (168 x 168 cm)