TRINH MAI
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"I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting." -Henri Matisse
While my work shares insight into my personal life experiences, it also communicates the messages that have found their rhythms in the human experience to remind us that there is nothing new under the sun. Drawn from intimate experiences of heartache and triumph, of struggle and perseverance, and of loss and fulfillment, my paintings strive to comfort and share the faith that has fostered me during these times.
In the development of my art, I work intuitively, creating a dialogue with my work as I manipulate paint and other mediums to describe emotion, narrative, or concept. Every mark is a response to the previous mark whether expressed in color, form, line, space, gesture, or movement. This allows for a journey of exploration and discovery.
My work is influenced by the delicacy in the definitive line work of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the relation of edge and line in the works of Patrick Surgalski, the confident marks and traditional imagery of Hung Liu, and the light-hearted representational works of Kelly Clark.
Painting is a means for me to connect with the subconscious and the spiritual, to make the intangible tangible and the unseen visible, and at times, to find comfort in the seemingly unbearable. Through my work, I share my spiritual journey.
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