March flowers in paintings by artist Vu Thuy Mai

NDO - In March, when spring is still full of vitality and flowers are blooming, young female artist Vu Thuy Mai finds endless inspiration to express her love of life, beauty and national cultural identity in her paintings.

In recent years, young artist Vu Thuy Mai has made quiet but subtle steps in art, gradually asserting her own style in fine arts.

With a deep passion for the culture, history and traditional art of her nation, she is passionate about creating captivating and charming works, while also conveying many meaningful messages about life.

"Forest Fragrance", watercolor on silk, size 70x90cm.

Artist Vu Thuy Mai was born in 1990 in Lao Cai - a mountainous region in the North with majestic and poetic natural scenery and rich cultural identity. However, she chose Hanoi to study, work and research more deeply about traditional culture. In 2012, she graduated from the Central University of Art Education and then continued to graduate with a Master's degree in Cultural Studies from the Academy of Social Sciences in 2014.

"Spring Fragrance 01", watercolor on silk, size 30x40cm.

The learning process helped the female artist gain more knowledge about national culture and history, while also broadening her vision, helping her to more deeply perceive the role of art in preserving and promoting cultural values.

It is the combination of cultural knowledge and painting skills that has created a Vu Thuy Mai with a unique artistic style, closely associated with the beauty of national cultural heritage.

I love nostalgia, love detailed descriptions and am always fascinated when carefully interpreting that meticulousness. This helps me calm down, look at life more slowly, bringing balance to life. - artist Vu Thuy Mai.

Slow, nostalgic, meticulous... few people believe that this is the portrait of a painter of the 9x generation. Vu Thuy Mai has a hobby of collecting old things, many objects that seem to be no longer usable, forgotten such as old door frames, tables, chairs, old cabinets, old vases... are all sought and bought by her, even many items she has picked up, turned them into her own works or drawings.

"March Flower Season", watercolor on silk, size 90x40cm each.

The female artist has participated in many art exhibitions and immediately made her mark in the art community. Some of the exhibitions include: "Loop" (2022), "Young Fine Arts Festival" (2022), "Gardeners" (2023), "Capital Fine Arts Exhibition" (2023), "National Fine Arts Exhibition" (2023), "Spring Opening At Ty 2025" Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibitions.

In addition to domestic exhibitions, artist Vu Thuy Mai also continues to expand, participating in a number of international exhibitions, such as the 14th "Art Vogue D'Nation" exhibition series in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2024) and the 15th in Taoyuan, Taiwan (2025).

"March is back", watercolor on silk, size 70x90cm.

With a sensitive soul and endless passion, artist Vu Thuy Mai always desires to express the beauty of life and cultural values ​​through silk painting techniques. The material contributes to creating a soft, magical effect in every line.

With silk, many artists use the "painting wash" technique to create color spread, but Vu Thuy Mai chooses to let the colors reveal their own beauty. Each color is meticulously chosen by her, from warm reds and yellows to cool greens, all expressing a deep insight into space and time.

"Spring Shades 01" - one of 5 works in the "Spring Shades" series, watercolor on silk, size 100x60cm.

"Ancient motifs, national treasures, brown-flowered ceramic vases from the Ly - Tran dynasty, blue-flowered ceramics from the Early Le dynasty, signed porcelain from the Le - Trinh dynasty... the traces of time shown on them always make me feel interested in expressing my feelings and emotions in my paintings... I want the works to not only stop at aesthetic beauty but also have depth", artist Vu Thuy Mai shared.

I love the flower seasons, each flower season brings me a lot of inspiration in life and painting. I often paint what is close and familiar, which are trees, flowers and leaves... around me so that from that beauty I feel like I am filled with love and faith in life. - artist Vu Thuy Mai.

Spring - the season of bustling flowers and leaves, the season of transformation and intense life. In March, when the air gradually warms up, the first spring flowers bloom, full of vitality in the sun, in the mist, in every drizzle... is also the time when Vu Thuy Mai finds a special source of inspiration.

She painted flowers from her living space to flowers familiar to the Vietnamese spring that she observed, such as: narcissus, pear blossoms, grapefruit blossoms, dahlias, bauhinia flowers, kapok flowers...

"Dream", watercolor on silk, size 80x30cm each.

Each flower has its own color, scent and meaning, expressing both the beauty of nature and the artist's stories, emotions and thoughts. The inspiration from flowers in Vu Thuy Mai's paintings is sometimes expressed through the overlapping petal structure, sometimes through the delicate, slender lines... all are painted with meticulousness, detail and effort to create a graceful yet profound beauty. Thanks to that, the flowers of March in particular and in the artist's paintings in general bring the symbol of life, hope and freshness.

"March Flower Season" belongs to the series " Hanoi 12 Flower Seasons", watercolor on silk, size 107x36.5cm.

In addition to her painting career, Vu Thuy Mai also participates in many charity activities, showing her kindness and desire to contribute to community building.

She has accompanied the group "Heritage and Art" in helping the northern mountainous provinces overcome the damage after Typhoon Yagi. The female artist also participated in auctioning paintings to donate to charity programs such as "Em va Tet" to support disabled children at the Center for Disabled Children in Chuc Son, Chuong My, Hanoi.

"Spring Wharf", watercolor on silk, size 50x50cm.

Artist Vu Thuy Mai always hopes that these activities will be both material support and a call for the community to pay attention to difficult situations and those in need of sharing. Her kindness and tolerance are also clearly shown in her artworks, as each painting carries a message about connection and preserving cultural values.

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