In the works of Anh Nguyen, the world around her serves as constant inspiration. Based on the NSW South Coast, Nguyen has been recognised for her ability to capture the domestic space, creating atmospheric paintings that often hold a gentle, dreamlike quality. Describing her practice, Nguyen has said “still life is the thing that is close by … it is all part of the observed world and ready for a curious magpie to eyeball’. In her paintings, this sense of curiosity is abundantly observed - each object constructed and re-constructed, reflective of mood, light, space, and most importantly, perspective.


In ‘Night Portrait with Park Flowers’, Nguyen creates an intimate impression of her everyday life. Suggested in the title, the artist constructs a still life of a bouquet of foraged flowers, sitting in a repurposed jar. Behind the makeshift vase, a face emerges from the ambiguous darkness, perhaps one of Nguyen’s four children entering into the scene. In her paintings, Nguyen captures scenes as she experiences them, and in this work she gives the viewer a glimpse into her domestic life, a fleeting moment, immortalised through paint.


Over the past decade of her practice, Nguyen has been selected as a finalist in several national art prizes, including the Wollongong Art Prize, the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, and the Michael Beazer Works on Paper Prize. Nguyen is also a featured artist in Amber Creswell Bell’s ‘Still Life: Contemporary Australian Painters”. For collectors of atmospheric scenes of everyday life, Nguyen’s paintings are a jewel to discover.

Anh NGUYEN (1984 - )
'Night Portrait with Park Flowers' 2025
oil on paper mounted on board
Image Size: 60 x 42 cm
Dimensions: 61 x 43 x 2 cm
Signed: Signed and inscribed with title and date on verso.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition:Excellent:
(c) The Artist or Assignee