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Vietnamese Lady in a Red Hat (2026) Original Oil Painting by Ta Byrne
100 x 150 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 150cm (actual image size)
£2,980
Original artwork description
During a trip to Vietnam, I saw women wearing traditional dresses and hats, riding bicycles loaded with all sorts of goods to sell.
Building on that impression, I realised that the hat is not merely for protection against the sun or rain. It is a symbol of protection.
Beyond its practical use of shielding from sunlight and rain, the hat also conceals emotions, happiness, and sorrow.
If the eyes are a window to one's feelings, then, in this sense, the hat becomes a curtain, drawing that window closed and shielding those eyes from the outside world.
“I was truly honoured when Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj of Malaysia visited my studio recently, and now two of my paintings hang in his Palace”.
“Ta was ecstatic to receive a link to a captivating article by Tony Walne in *The Daily Mail on Sunday*, a prestigious UK publication. Titled "How to Spot the Next Banksy or Hockney," the piece celebrated Ta alongside these legendary icons of the art world, marking a significant moment in her artistic journey.
In March 2026, I sent a painting to the F.W. Norton Art Gallery & Museum, which purchased it for their Contemporary Art Gallery. It doesn't get much better than that.
Materials used:
Oil on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 100 x 150 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 150cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#red#portrait#colourful#contemporary#black#vivid#lady#vietnam#vibrant#emotion#pose#vietnamese#portrait :#ta byrne
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Original artwork description
During a trip to Vietnam, I saw women wearing traditional dresses and hats, riding bicycles loaded with all sorts of goods to sell.
Building on that impression, I realised that the hat is not merely for protection against the sun or rain. It is a symbol of protection.
Beyond its practical use of shielding from sunlight and rain, the hat also conceals emotions, happiness, and sorrow.
If the eyes are a window to one's feelings, then, in this sense, the hat becomes a curtain, drawing that window closed and shielding those eyes from the outside world.
“I was truly honoured when Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj of Malaysia visited my studio recently, and now two of my paintings hang in his Palace”.
“Ta was ecstatic to receive a link to a captivating article by Tony Walne in *The Daily Mail on Sunday*, a prestigious UK publication. Titled "How to Spot the Next Banksy or Hockney," the piece celebrated Ta alongside these legendary icons of the art world, marking a significant moment in her artistic journey.
In March 2026, I sent a painting to the F.W. Norton Art Gallery & Museum, which purchased it for their Contemporary Art Gallery. It doesn't get much better than that.
Materials used:
Oil on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 100 x 150 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 150cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#red#portrait#colourful#contemporary#black#vivid#lady#vietnam#vibrant#emotion#pose#vietnamese#portrait :#ta byrne