His works provide a deep insight into the beauty of small towns and villages as well as daily life in the Delta region.

Images of women and flowers are romantically portrayed in many of his lacquer works including Young Women on a Spring Day and September.

“This time-consuming and labour-intensive art form doest not seem suited to many young painters,” Thanh said.  “But I love it and I will continue working with it thought it is a slow and costly process to complete a lacquer painting.”

Thanh’s current exhibition, titled Life, will remain open at the Art Gallery, 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street, District 1, until November 30.