VietNamNet Bridge - A suburb of HCM City with rows of coconut trees near the river, the mangrove forest at night, the Vam Thuat River running quietly in font of houses, etc., all are reflected livelily in paintings of Dang Thi Duong.

Painter Dang Thi Duong

In the painting entitled “Sleepless Forest - Sleeping Forest”, painter Dang Thi Duong reflects two peaceful times of the forest. When the forest awakes, the sun shines brightly and birds sing loudly and when night falls over, the forest sleeps in the mysterious moonlight. Sometimes she personalizes animals in her paintings. For instance, in the work “Cat Fishing” the cute black cat lures fish with its tail and in the “Mother Cat and Child” the cat mother carries her child on her back.

At the 8th International Female Painters’ Painting Exhibition held in China in 2008, her painting “The Dream of Peace” with the image of a girl in a four-flap gown sitting on the pigeon to flute was selected to publish on the cover of the Chinese Magazine and the World’s Cultural Exchange.

Painter Dang Thi Duong was keen on painting since she was a high school student. Her French painting teacher, Ranoult, passed on to her the love for painting via interesting study hours. One time, the teacher read a poem talking about an old house in a flower garden and with a lake, and asked her students to recreate the scene on canvas. While her classmates painted villas, Dang Thi Duong painted an earthen-made house in the garden of wild flowers and her painting received the highest marks. Since then she has followed the romantic style.

Painter Dang Thi Duong received an MA degree in art in 2000 and was conferred the title “Meritorious Teacher” in 2002. She has participated in many exhibitions and has been awarded several domestic and international prizes. She continues to nurture her passion to the art.

(Source: Vietnam Pictorial)