""The Cold War"" Painting

I came to the United States from Viet Nam in 1987. I now live in Arcadia, California." I paint icons - the graphic style and images I see everywhere I go, from the screen of a television or a computer to the traffic sign at the street corner. Nothing represents my motto Less is more more than those graphic images. There is an abstract quality, a highly condensed and refined thought process in those images that is creatively very substantial. They send a strong, simple message to people of all ages. These images play a big role in our contemporary life; we see them daily and they influence many of our activities, so they have great universality. That universality allows me to move beyond ethnicity or race in my paintings and instead focus on the thoughts I want to express, and things that I feel strongly about. To me, these are more important even than style and technique. Dark and light, cold and warm, dull and saturated, thick and thin, flatness and volume, soft and hard edges, and designs are fundamental material of my work. " John Trinh"It takes a very long time to become young." - Pablo Picasso