Trung Cao is an award-winning Greater Bay Area artist who has exhibited in art galleries and museums and teaches traditional oil painting techniques. While he embraces many mediums, what he enjoys the most is painting with oils. His artistic aesthetic is inspired by the grandeur of nature and the complexity of man. As a child, his imagination was fueled by comics, fantasy arts, stories of tremendous adversity, sorrow, adventure and the incredible deeds of those who transcend to something more. Perhaps being a refugee helped shape his imagination in art, always shooting for deeper meanings or aesthetic of the ordinary, and to always find the beauty in everything he creates. In his portraiture, melancholic and enigmatic moods with mysterious gazes dominate, bringing dream-like qualities to the viewers. In landscapes, he brings timeless emotions that take us places of beauty and emotional bonding, a feel of the human spirit and the comfort of home. The marvelous, spellbinding, and empowering creatures inspire the artist to paint with pure joy and vitality. In all his work, Trung strives to breathe these salient qualities in a realistic and sensible fashion with levels of technical details to appreciate. The balance of tones and forms dominates over his subject matters, and the emotional connection to the viewers completes the cycle of his expressions that flow from the artist to the canvas. His artistic process follows the footsteps of the old masters while utilizing contemporary issues and visuals using the best materials to create archival works of art. With respect and admiration for the traditional discipline of drawing and painting techniques, he strives for creativity and ingenuity in representative realism.
