About

Brief Bio

Nghệ sĩ chim và hoa. Bird and flower artist.

Pronouns: none, please use “aj.”

I do not take commissions, due to multiple disabilities that interfere with deadlines.

Artistic Statement

My main works currently combine watercolors, ink, and colored pencils. Vivid colors reinforce bold compositions, strokes unabashedly rendering scenes and subjects–developing from my initial art explorations in crisp, monochrome ink. My style combines aspects of Expressionism with Chinese art remembered fondly from childhood, as well as traditional Vietnamese art from my research into reclaiming my heritage.

The themes I explore derive from nature, focusing on portraying the delicate balance of relationships in nature’s web: between plants and animals, the environment and organic life, predators and prey, parasitism and symbiosis. These themes also include portraying how humans relate to nature in sustainable, rather than damaging, ways.

Bio

Ava left tech to become an artist. After years spent in the city, working late into the night in front of a computer screen, Ava discovered their artistic talent with the help of a friend. During Ava’s darkest hours of exhaustion brought about from overwork, art became both an anchor to ground them and a guiding light to a new life.

These days Ava spends their time working with traditional materials—paper, ink, and paint. Ava rarely touches a computer anymore, as working by hand is far more fulfilling. Ava’s art is also a way to reach for ancestral roots in Vietnam—Ava’s style is inspired by the art seen while growing up with in “China town” districts.

After many years afloat in the software industry, the art Ava makes is like coming in from a storm, to a comforting light in a warm room. With a hot cup of tea at their side, and their brush at the ready, Ava is home.

Contact

You can contact Ava by email: me@avajarvis.com