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Sunset of A Thousand Sunsets Letters to My Father
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Good Luck, Here Comes Infinity
As Below, So Above 2
As Below, So Above 1
PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS
Sunset of A Thousand Sunsets Letters to My Father
INSTALLATIONS
Good Luck, Here Comes Infinity
As Below, So Above 2
As Below, So Above 1
Sunset of A Thousand Sunsets
Sunset of A Thousand Sunsets, 2025
Acrylic on canvas [On-going series]
H60 x W100 cm
“Dearest,
You wrote to me that you can’t wait to be all about something else bigger than yourself, as it’s getting so tiring to just think for yourself all the time.
The perfect storm, the purest and most marvellous sunlight, the best light, the best sunsets out of a thousand sunsets that your eyes have savoured, are just around the corner now, waiting for you to appreciate with all of your being.
My wish for you, on the other hand, is that you will taste one single moment to its fullest, as your mind always wanders to search for all possibilities. Oh dear, how exciting it is to live all the possibilities and the impossibilities of all those unwritten paths.
But, do stay in the now. You have not discovered yet the fullest possibilities of the now. The excitement and the potential, the fun of all of the present elements. My dear, stay in this moment. Drink the present to its last drop. Be there when you are needed there, or not even needed.”
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This ‘Sunset of A Thousand Sunsets’ draws its inspiration from the process of Vietnamese lacquer painting—the traditional technique historically used by old masters to capture illuminating dusky landscapes. The difference here is that this sunset is born not solely of lacquer, but of layered acrylic on canvas, built up slowly, then scraped back time and again with water and sanding tools. It is both a tribute to the art of lacquer and a quiet attempt at setting the suns from our memories in a new way.