Featured · May 2026
Mixing the greens of a Hanoi spring
On the dozen quiet greens hidden in a single banyan tree, and how to find them on the palette.
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Journal
Notes from the studio — on seasons, materials, and the moments that become paintings.
Studio · Apr 2026
Lily season, and painting against the clock
White lilies last only weeks. A note on painting a flower before it fades.
Story · Mar 2026
Beginning at sixty: a love arrived late
Why it is never too late to pick up the brush — reflections after the first thirty paintings.
Place · Feb 2026
The lake that keeps appearing in my work
Hồ Tây in every season — why some places ask to be painted again and again.
Process · Jan 2026
On painting people you love
A portrait of a grandmother, and the difference between a likeness and a memory.
Materials · Dec 2025
Oil and acrylic: choosing between two voices
When a subject calls for the patience of oil, and when acrylic’s quickness is truer.