Reveries Canvas Print

Reveries, oil and 24 kt gold leaf on aluminum panel, image size 12 x 12 inches, frame size 17 x 17 inches
"Selfies have changed aspects of social interaction, body language, self-awareness,
privacy, and humor, altering temporality, irony, and public behavior. It’s become a
new visual genre—a type of self-portraiture formally distinct from all others in history.
Selfies have their own structural autonomy. This is a very big deal for art." Jerry Saltz

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...