Asha Carolyn Young

Welcome!

Painting is a joyful activity, and I hope my creations delight viewers. I offer fine quality prints and some original paintings.

Born in Thailand to American parents, I began oil painting at age seven when my father gave me an oil set for my birthday, telling me, "Just don't eat the paint." As a teenager during the 1970s, I studied sumi ink brush painting with a Chinese master while my family lived in Vientiane, Laos.

In the 1980s, I studied Japanese brush painting for many years with master painter Kayoko Bird in Berkeley, California. I also studied Art at Laney College, Oakland.

Today, I live on the coast north of San Francisco and enjoy abstract mixed media painting and plein air painting.

I have written, copied and published three art-related books: "Carry Your Own Joy," "Journey to the Tracks," and "Old Painted Doors and Gates." Available at:

Thank you for visiting my gallery! -- Asha

Japanese Brush Painting. Private group study with Kayoko Bird. Berkeley, CA,1986 – 1991

Art. Laney College, Oakland, CA, 1988 – 1990

Cultural Anthropology, M.A. University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1982 (participated in Ph.D. program from 1981 to 1984)

History, B.A. (summa cum laude). University of California, Los Angeles, CA,1981

Chinese Brush Painting. Private group study with Kan Yi Chen. Vientiane, Laos, 1973 – 1974

West Oakland Industrial Paintings," plein air paintings, oil on canvas and board; "Mixed Media and Collage Abstracts," collage on canvas. Permanent residence show, Emeryville Business Center, Emeryville, CA. March 2002 – present

"Old Painted Doors & Gates," solo show at Gualala Arts, Gualala CA, September, 2018

"Land and Seascapes," oil on canvas; and "Five Abstract collage Paintings," ink on paper collage on canvas (five panel set). Go Jolly Nailspa, Gualala, CA. June, 2000

"Land and Seascapes," oil on canvas, Mike & Gretchen Harrison, private residence show of their private collection of Asha's paintings, Timber Cove, CA. April, 2008

Mixed media abstracts on canvas. Permanent resident show until store closure, Cody’s Books, Berkeley, CA. Sept.. 2003 – Feb., 2008

Oil on canvas landscapes, and mixed media abstracts on paper and canvas. Seaview Art Glass, Timber Cove, CA. June – Dec., 2004

Mixed media abstracts on canvas. The Candy Store on College, Berkeley, CA. May, 2004 – Dec., 2004

Mixed media on old wooden doors and on canvas (abstracts). “Harmony and Love Party,” 12-person show organized and directed by Asha. Emeryville Business Center, Emeryville, CA.
Mar. 16, 2002.

Mixed media abstracts on paper. canvas and...