Drifting with Lotus Flowers

13:57' 24/06/2007 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - It is the name of an exhibition by painter Nguyen Thi Tam held at Ho Chi Minh City 's exhibition hall, which displayed 50 silk and oil paintings of lotus flowers. Via the paintings, viewers can see the diversified beauty and charm of lotus flowers which bloom in the early sunshine with glistening dew-drops, drift in the flooding season in Dong Thap or boast their fragrance with other kinds of countryside flowers in a quiet pond. Studying oil painting at the Gia Dinh Fine Arts College in Saigon, Nguyen Thi Tam has been attached to silk painting over the past half century. She likes to use the silk material, which is made in her native land to express landscapes as well as the beauty of the country. She also creates oil paintings with pliable strokes that look as beautiful as the silk pieces. The truthfulness and simplicity is the overwhelming feature in her paintings. "I reject all prolixity and unnecessary colours. I only use the typical shapes and colours to create the simple beauty," she said. Being evaluated as one of a few successful female painters in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thi Tam has continually made great advancements and contributed to the field. At present, she works as the chairwoman of the women’s fine arts club named Son Tam in Ho Chi Minh City. Viet Nam Net