I have finally decided to get organized and document my art since I have been here in Vietnam. The last post I wrote was quite a few years ago, and a lot has changed.
If you click back to the UAE, China and Ghana galleries you will notice that I have always been fascinated with people, colours, symbols, textures and movement. Many of these elements are still in my work. I will try to get better at documenting my art, but for now I will just add the photos.
When I have more time, I’ll add a little more about what I was trying to achieve. Life certainly has been busy here in HCMC and I have been loving it. I still haven’t tired of the bike loads, organized chaos, beautiful faces, movement, cluttered alleys, and masses of tangled wires. I wish I could capture how I feel about this city and country but my art isn’t good enough yet. One day I hope to sit back and think YES, this is my life and love of Vietnam on canvas.
I accidentally bought canvases that were much bigger than I thought they were going to be, but they really inspired me to explore the faces and patterns of SaPa. Since the canvas was larger, I had space to combine textures, rollers and detailed patterns. I still love using the dark background to create contrast, just like my Ghana paintings.
This is the view from my studio. I love that our place is above the sounds, traffic and organized chaos below. I still really want to communicate the excitement I feel when scooting amongst all the bikes, so this painting is quite unique to my SaPa range.
This is one of my favourites as it has the textures, rollers and traffic. The fabrics were simpler and less time-consuming. I adore the jewelry in SaPa so was excited to paint this one.
The patterns of the fabric were very time consuming so I decided to break free, paint loosely, smaller and spray with water. This was the first one of that style. I still really love this piece.
In my next post I’ll show you where this “watery” style led me. I would still like to pursue this idea combining the gorgeous textured, colourful walls of Hoi An with a seller. It seems to really work on a smaller canvas too.
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