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" Madonna ", oil on cradled panel, wired on back ready to hang without frame, 16 x 20 inches, for this painting I'm trying for the look of religious icon with stiff posed and bright yellow back ground like a golden halo of the Virgin Mary. (This painting is also part of my Sapa Series).
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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 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...