On my trips to Vietnam in 1998 and 1999, I was totally amazed and surprised at the large number of galleries and artists in the cities that I visited; Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An and Hanoi. The diversity of styles is quite overwhelming. They range from traditional representative portraits and still lifes to Chinese-like calligraphic watercolors.

Other images reveal different ethnic minorities of the north, their village life and culture. Also evident are styles reminiscent of cubism, abstract expressionism and influences from Russian and European masters such as Picasso and Cezanne.

I have focused on artists who appeal to my personal tastes and whom I want to represent in the United States. Their prices are affordable, none of them have exhibited in this country before and in fostering a new market for them, it is my intention to place their art in private and public collections. I feel strongly that this distinctive art will increase in value over the years.

Visit four of these artists below.