Famous first his woodcuts with succinct, symbolic motifs, strangely brilliant colours and a loose but haphazard plot, and more lately for his graceful and cheerful oil paintings, Cuong’s works of art appear modern but still display traditional roots.

Cuong grew up in the lovely northern country side, and it is still there that he expresses his most passionate and light-hearted emotions. Childhood memory is always colourful, laid out with a fabled and theatrical convention whether it appears in fields, yards, alleys or roads. Cuong perfectly portrays banyan trees at the village gate, cows in fields, joyful children at village festivals alongside ponds edged with banana trees, young girls picking flowers against a crimson or golden background. Sensational motifs, broad strokes, bright hues bring us into a romantic, colourful and lovely world … all the nature in his paintings radiates the great beauty of the country and people of Vietnam.

Cuong achieves his moods through a careful choice of colours, lines and textures, describing each scene carefully without overwhelming the eye with unnecessary detail. His colours are muted for the most part, though there are strong reds and yellows, greys, browns and blues. Throughout, he maintains the constant rhythm of a quiet people going about their lives in a state of harmony – Cuong alerts us to a world where the rhythms of the everyday are the bonds which bind.

Memory upside down	Moving
Childhood memory II	Childhood memory III	Childhood memory IV	Carrying the hay home	Going to the field	Elevated Memory
River of Life	Memory I	Old gate	A good day	Childhood	Sunset
Ancient Street after the Rain	Country Girl	Memory II	Autumn II	Ancient street	Summer with buffalo
Autumn I

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