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Thu Nguyen - Artist

Thu Nguyen Art Collections

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I was born in Saigon, Vietnam.   Being very shy, I spent much of my childhood hiding away upstairs painting, instead of playing with other children.   My first brush with success was a Best of Show prize at the 1974 children's exhibition in Saigon sponsored by UNICEF.   In 1975 Saigon fell and in the resulting confusion I was separated from my parents.   I ended up in a refuge camp near Hong Kong for a year prior to immigrating to the United States as an orphan.   After one very snowy and cold winter in Pennsylvania, I went to Los Angeles to stay with some...more
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Plein Air Paintings

This portfolio is devoted to all my plein air paintings. They are done on location , and are all oil. Prints are available for sale. I think the distinction between "study" and "finished composition" has been somewhat blurred. Consider the fact that Monet painted "Impression, Sunrise" very quickly, generating the name of a whole artistic movement: Impressionism. It was hardly a finished composition in the sense that the "Old Masters" thought of it, so it was a study. Plein air painters today often follow the impressionist lead in the matter, finishing a painting in one session and on site. A study can be so attractive that it rivals or surpasses a finished work. Because of it's freshness and immediacy, it has charm.

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