Tag / sunshine
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St-Yriex-la-Perche 2023 – Awarded the Esquisse Prize
I was lucky enough not only being chosen to participate in the 18th International Watercolour Exhibition in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche but also awarded the Esquisse Prize at the opening ceremony on the 22/08 🏅 It was such a beautiful surprise since I was already very contented with just being there and having a chance to see other…
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WIA 2023 – ‘Papillion’ Longlisted for Children Publishing
On one fine May morning, a great news came in – I got longlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2023 in Children Publishing category for the set of 5 illustrations of my Papillion Project!!! ‘Papillion‘ is a combination 2 French words – ‘papillon’ (butterfly) and ‘lion’ (same as ‘lion’ in English). It is a picture…
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Uckange 2023 – My First Watercolour Exhibition
🖼️ The 33rd Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition 2023 💐 The news came on one cold morning in February, I was thrilled to be invited to one of the most well-known and well-organized exhibitions in France. Two of my painting: Garden Scent and Bouquet of Sunshine were selected to participate in this year assemble of 86…
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2022 – A Year in Review
It’s been another year. A special year. A brilliant, sparkling, and heart-breaking year! I’ve reread all my past yearly reviews and each and every year seemed to be such a winding road. Thinking back, I might have never had a totally smooth-sailing year where there is only sunshine, except maybe before college? I feel a…
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BOOK | Bông hồng vàng – Paustovsky
Rất lâu rồi, khi tôi còn trẻ nít và ngây thơ, tôi đã viết về tình yêu cuồng nhiệt của mình với “Bình minh mưa” và Paustovsky. Những truyện ngắn trong trẻo, trữ tình và đầy nhân văn ấy đã theo tôi suốt những năm tháng tuổi trẻ. Nhưng dẫu nằm chung trong cùng một…
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A little note of happiness
It’s been so long a time. But finally, I am here, back to square one. Eyes swollen from lack of sleep, neck hurt from craining over paintings, heart broken and stomach hurt. But happy. Not the kind of happiness that makes you feel exhilarated on cloud nine, but the gentler, quieter kind because it’s meaningful,…
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2021 – A Year in Review
2021 was a remarkable year. Although it seems that this statement has been repeated so many times, it was indeed a turning point in my life where I quitted my full-time job and finally followed my dream of doing art professionally. In May, I came across Sylvia Path’s quote, I finally realised that I was…
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Thư từ Paris – 2
Bạn thân yêu, Lâu lắm rồi không liên lạc. Là lỗi của mình. Nhận được thư bạn từ lâu lắm, cũng đã chắp bút hồi âm, thế nhưng viết được một nửa thì lại bị ngắt quãng bởi việc nhỏ việc to, rồi cái đà viết nó trôi đi mất. Nói ngược nói xuôi cũng…
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2020 – A Year in Review
2020 has been a strange year. A year where the world has lost its track and I (somewhat) found mine. It started badly, where all sorts of things went wrong, and in the middle of the rumbles I finally realised that I had noone to blame but myself. My mind cleared up and for the…
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Thư từ Paris
Bạn thân yêu, Mình vừa tỉnh dậy. Đêm qua chỉ ngủ có ba tiếng mà thôi. Mình đã lại đọc Thiếu nữ đánh cờ vây của Sơn Táp đến tận bốn rưỡi sáng. Thế nhưng mình không thấy mệt gì cả ngoài chuyện mắt sưng lên và đỏ ngầu. Ngoài kia nắng vàng rải nhẹ…