Trung Cao is an award-winning Bay Area California artist who has exhibited in art galleries and museums. 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, 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 to places of beauty and emotional bonding, a feel of the human spirit, and the comfort of home. The marvelous, spellbinding, and empowering animals inspire the artist to paint with pure joy and vitality. A majority of the artist’s art through the narrative of man, wildlife, or nature, stresses the theme of freedom in life pursuit and expression. Art for the artist is the ultimate means of expressive freedom and is reflected on all his subjects. Trung strives to breathe these salient qualities in a realistic and sensible fashion with levels of technical details to appreciate. The balance of tones, forms, and colors dominates over his subjects, and the emotional connection to the viewers completes the cycle of his expressions. With respect and admiration for the traditional discipline of drawing and painting techniques, he strives for creativity and ingenuity in representative realism.