SaveMy Little Sunshine
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| Year of creation | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 91.44 W × 91.44 H × 7.62 D cm |
| Type of art | painting |
| Style | figurative |
| Genre | portrait |
| Materials | oil, canvas |
Description of the Artwork “My Little Sunshine”
This is an original oil painting. "My little sunshine", oil and gold leaf on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, wired on back ready to hang without a frame. I am inspired by Chinese ancient paintings and Eastern European Iconography, which I have combined with my love of traditional Asian clothing to create this body of work. Amelie-An was born in Can Tho, South Vietnam in February 2008 under a very dim star. She was abandoned as an infant due to her medical problems which left her disfigured and mentally retarded. I adopted her in December of 2008 and fell in love with Amelie-An the moment I first held her in my arms. She smiled at me and I just knew we were meant to be together. The first painting I did was to celebrate the transformation of her appearance after her first surgery. I had not intended to do any more paintings but I found myself being obsessed with capturing her fleeting emotions. When I paint her it feels like a way to show a uniquely personal side of her that is often hidden by her disabilities.
Thu Nguyen, United States
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 relatives. During my high school years, I earned extra money doing fashion modeling work in the garment district and upon graduation started on the pre-med program in college. During this time I fell in love with art again and changed my major to art. While in college I had an acting stint in Hollywood on the side (I got a part in Oliver Stone's 'Heaven and Earth' and followed with a lead role in Elizabeth Hong Yang's 'Touch Within' in China). After getting my art degree, I have since settled down to pursue my art career in Los Angeles, later Seattle and finally Hawaii with the big excitement being adopting my first daughter from China and my second daughter from Vietnam. Professional qualifications: BFA in painting, California State University Long Beach . Two grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Three grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. My work is represented in many public and private collections in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Mexico. Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) 2016 portrait competition exhibition (March 12, 2016 through January 8, 2017). It will then travel to five host museums across the country: Tacoma Art Museum, WA February 4, 2017 to May 14, 2017 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX June 2, 2017 to September 10, 2017 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO October 8, 2017 to January 7, 2018 Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL January 31, 2018 to May 6, 2018 Ackland Museum of Art, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC June 1, 2018 to August 26, 2018