In Hoi an, I discovered the Artist

I met TuDuy during a trip to VietNam in summer 2003. It was on a quiet river side in Hoi An, under the palm trees that the artist talked about himself. As a person of the country side, he has landed in arts for the transparency he manages so easily in portraying rural women beauty in different life scenes. Not only he conveys marvously the emergence of his subjects' feelings with simplicity and directness but also adds a touch of freshness in his colors. As a result, the figurative meaning of the nature elements he wants to set the viewver's focus on, leaves no room for misinterpretation. TuDuy has been painting for more than 30 years, he spoke of his art as creating some kind of magic thread--ties that bind us together with the loved ones. His source for inspiration came from the deepest memories of his childhood. In his own fashion, the subjects were painted with serenity, grace and realism reflecting beautifully Cham influence and Impressionism french art movement. TuDuy is a gifted artist, he learned to draw in the red sand of the central highlands during his adolescence, much the same way, Finnegan Bell of Great Expectations who sketched art works with his fingers on the Florida beach. His first art exhibition abroad landed him in Paris 1995, like a Crocodile Dundee of Danang. Tuduy never lived in a big city, he acted naively and was unprepared for his first trip abroad.Though he speaks broken english and virtually no french,TuDuy soon earned his success for his talent, with zen and humbleness. His paintings are presented in major art exhibitions in France. Mme. Danielle Mitterand, wife of the former President of France, Francois Mitterand counts among his prestigious buyers.