Tran Nguyen

Country Vietnam
Artist Website: http://www.mynameistran.com

TRAN NGUYEN is a Georgia-based award-winning illustrator & fine artist. Born in Can Tho, Vietnam and raised in the States, she received a BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Having deep interest in therapeutic imagery, her work frequently depicts milieus of adversity in which we deal with day to day.

Nguyen’s paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper. She’s most known for her paintings of whimsical women and their melancholic landscapes, which often possess an air of fantasy and surrealism. She creates illustrations for published media such as magazines, books, wine & beer packaging, animation, advertising, and mural work. Her clients include VH1, Tiger Beer, World Wildlife Fund, and she has showcased with galleries across the world.

Current and Previous Works by Tran Nguyen

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  • “The Half-lit Heartbreak”

    (2017)
    $3,700
    Available
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    16" × 20"
    41 × 51 cm
  • “Wayfarer’s Toll (Drawing and Thumbnail)”

    (2021)
    $1,000
    Available
    Drawing: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 9.75 x 11"
    Thumbnail: graphite on bristol paper, 6 x 8.5"
    (sold as set w/ thumbnail)
    Professionally framed together in one frame (measurements shared are of work only)
  • “See You On the Morrow”

    (2017)
    $2,100
    Available
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    Framed(dimensions are of artwork only)
    14" × 11"
    36 × 28 cm

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  • “Hatchling (Drawing and Thumbnail)”

    (2021)
    $900
    Available
    Drawing: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 9 x 9"
    Thumbnail: graphite on bristol paper • 5.25 x 5.25"
    (sold as set w/ thumbnail)
    Professionally framed together in one frame (measurements shared are of work only)
  • “Chartreuse Strolling(Drawing and Thumbnail)”

    (2021)
    $1,000
    Available
    Drawing: Graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 8 x 10"
    Thumbnail: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 6.5 x 9" 2
    (sold as set w/ thumbnail)
    Professionally framed together in one frame (measurements shared are of work only)
  • “Hatchling”

    (2021)
    $4,900
    Available
    Acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    20" × 20"
    51 × 51 cm
  • “Iris”

    (2021)
    $3,000
    Available
    Acrylic, colored pencil & pressed flowers on wood panel
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm
  • “Chartreuse Strolling”

    (2021)
    $4,300
    Available
    Acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    16" × 20.5"
    41 × 52 cm
  • “Wayfarer’s Toll”

    (2021)
    $3,300
    Available
    Acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    15" × 12"
    38 × 30 cm
  • “The Mauve Girl”

    (2019)
    $3,500
    Available
    Acrylic and colored pencil on custom wood panel
    16.5" × 16.5"
    42 × 42 cm
  • “A Borrowed Tomorrow”

    (2014)
    $1,600
    Available
    Acrylic and color pencil on paper
    Framed to 14x14 inches
    14" × 14"
    36 × 36 cm
  • “CIOI”

    (2016)
    $1,800
    Available
    Acrylic and color pencil on paper
    11" × 14.5"
    28 × 37 cm
  • “Beneath the Curiosity Canal”

    (2015)
    $1,900
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “Catching Fragments of an Achromatic Anecdote”

    (2012)
    $1,900
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper
    Framed
    14" × 20"
    36 × 51 cm
  • “Enveloped Between a Pleated Thought”

    (2012)
    $1,400
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper
    Framed
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “Enveloped Between a Pleated Thought (sketch)”

    (2012)
    $300
    Sold
    Graphite on paper
    Framed
    9.5" × 14"
    24 × 36 cm
  • “As We Procure A Hazy Memory”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    12" × 15"
    30 × 38 cm
  • “Our Flutter-some Ordeal”

    (2009)
    $1,000
    Sold
    Mixed media on paper (framed)
    12.5" × 17"
    32 × 43 cm
  • “To His Content and My Demise”

    (2009)
    $1,000
    Sold
    Mixed media on paper (framed)
    12.5" × 17"
    32 × 43 cm
  • “Nestled Within a Pallid Disposition”

    (2012)
    $1,800
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper
    Framed
    12" × 20"
    30 × 51 cm
  • “To The 9, We Will Go”

    (2009)
    $800
    Sold
    Mixed media on paper (framed)
    11" × 15.5"
    28 × 39 cm
  • “How Cloudy is an Overcasted Psyche”

    (2010)
    $550
    Sold
    Acrylic and graphite on paper (framed)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Thrice By Twilight”

    (2017)
    $3,700
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    Framed(dimensions are of artwork only)
    16" × 20"
    41 × 51 cm

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  • “Pollination (Drawing and Thumbnail)”

    (2021)
    $700
    Sold
    Drawing: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 4.5 x 6.25"
    Thumbnail: graphite on bristol paper • 3.25 x 4.25"
    (sold as set w/ thumbnail)
    Professionally framed together in one frame (measurements shared are of work only)
  • “Midnight Passerby”

    (2017)
    $2,400
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    Framed(dimensions are of artwork only)
    15" × 12"
    38 × 30 cm

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  • “Morning Dew (Drawing and Thumbnail)”

    (2021)
    $800
    Sold
    Drawing: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 6.5 x 8.5"
    Thumbnail: graphite & red pencil on bristol paper • 3.5 x 5"
    (sold as set w/ thumbnail)
    Professionally framed together in one frame (measurements shared are of work only)
  • “CIO II”

    (2016)
    $1,600
    Sold
    Acrylic & colored pencil
    10" × 13"
    25 × 33 cm
  • “A Moon Maiden”

    (2017)
    $1,200
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    Framed(dimensions are of artwork only)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm

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  • “Cast Into A Rippled Mentality”

    (2011)
    $1,700
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    14" × 18"
    36 × 46 cm
  • “Confronted With An Over-exposed Marquee”

    (2011)
    $1,050
    Sold
    Graphite and acrylic on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm
  • “Marigold”

    (2021)
    $3,000
    Sold
    Acrylic, colored pencil & pressed flowers on wood panel
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm
  • “In the Corners of Your Equilateral Mind”

    (2011)
    $675
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    10" × 10"
    25 × 25 cm
  • “Morning Dew”

    (2021)
    $3,400
    Sold
    Acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    12.5" × 15.5"
    32 × 39 cm
  • “Pollination”

    (2021)
    $4,700
    Sold
    Acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    17" × 24"
    43 × 61 cm
  • “Living Parallel To An Infectious Pigment”

    (2011)
    $1,500
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    13" × 17"
    33 × 43 cm
  • “Viola”

    (2021)
    $3,000
    Sold
    Acrylic, colored pencil & pressed flowers on wood panel
    Professionally framed (measurements shared are of work only)
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm
  • “My Conversation With An Angular Thought”

    (2011)
    $675
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    10" × 10"
    25 × 25 cm
  • “Searching For An Uncharted Hypotenuse”

    (2011)
    $1,150
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    12" × 14"
    30 × 36 cm
  • “Living Parallel To An Infectious Pigment (Process Sketch)”

    (2011)
    $350
    Sold
    Graphite on paper
    Framed and matted
    13" × 17"
    33 × 43 cm
  • “The Diameter Of A Dim Endeavor”

    (2011)
    $675
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    10" × 10"
    25 × 25 cm
  • “The Man With The Occupied Hands”

    (2011)
    $1,150
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    12" × 14"
    30 × 36 cm
  • “Treading Through An Untrimmed Memory”

    (2011)
    $2,400
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    21" × 17.5"
    53 × 44 cm
  • “When The World Isn’t Looking”

    (2011)
    $1,250
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    Framed and matted
    12" × 15"
    30 × 38 cm
  • “Rest”

    (2018)
    $3,700
    Sold
    Ink, graphite and color pencil on toned paper
    Framed(dimensions are of artwork only)
    19" × 19"
    48 × 48 cm
  • “Wandering Across a Borrowed Belief”

    (2012)
    $3,200
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper
    Framed
    20" × 26"
    51 × 66 cm
  • “Wandering Across a Borrowed Belief (sketch)”

    (2012)
    $300
    Sold
    Graphite on paper
    Framed
    10.5" × 12"
    27 × 30 cm
  • “When We Succumb To a Golden Moment”

    (2012)
    $900
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper
    Framed
    11" × 12"
    28 × 30 cm
  • “Across The Blue-Billowed Crevice”

    (2011)
    $3,200
    Sold
    Colored pencil and acrylic washes on Rives BFK paper
    20" × 28"
    51 × 71 cm

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  • “Between the Sulcus and Self”

    (2014)
    $3,500
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil
    18" × 28"
    46 × 71 cm
  • “Buried Behind a Darkened Thought”

    (2014)
    $1,400
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil
    11" × 15"
    28 × 38 cm
  • “Where the Creek Stood Still”

    (2016)
    $2,800
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on paper
    20" × 16"
    51 × 41 cm
  • “To My Deep-seated Abyss III”

    (2014)
    $1,200
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm
  • “Treading Through An Untrimmed Memory Sketch”

    (2011)
    $300
    Sold
    Graphite on paper
    Framed and matted (ON HOLD)
    9.5" × 8"
    24 × 20 cm
  • “As I Lay Here, Dying”

    (2009)
    $450
    Sold
    Mixed media
    10.5" × 8.5"
    27 × 22 cm
  • “If Time Progresses Without Me”

    (2009)
    $800
    Sold
    Mixed media
    12.5" × 16.5"
    32 × 42 cm
  • “Lady in Red”

    (2019)
    $2,200
    Sold
    Acrylic, color pencil, pressed flowers and resin on wood panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “With Lavender Lies”

    (2014)
    $550
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on paper
    6" × 6"
    15 × 15 cm

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  • “For The Lost And Unfound”

    (2009)
    $850
    Sold
    Mixed media
    13" × 17.5"
    33 × 44 cm
  • “Hello And Goodbye Was What They Said”

    (2009)
    $700
    Sold
    Mixed media
    13.5" × 10.5"
    34 × 27 cm
  • “Wrath In Disguise”

    (2009)
    $700
    Sold
    Mixed media
    8.75" × 18.5"
    22 × 47 cm
  • “Speckled”

    (2023)
    $850
    Sold
    Ink, colored pencil and 24k gold leaf on paper
    9" × 12"
    23 × 30 cm
  • “Yoke”

    (2009)
    $800
    Sold
    Mixed media
    12" × 15"
    30 × 38 cm
  • “The Lilac Lady”

    (2015)
    $1,000
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on wood panel
    10" × 10"
    25 × 25 cm
  • “Perpendicular To Pretty”

    (2015)
    $1,150
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “The Cerulean Girl”

    (2018)
    $1,700
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on paper
    9" × 12"
    23 × 30 cm
  • “We Vomit Carcasses Of Unattended Thoughts”

    (2009)
    $1,100
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on rives bkf paper (framed)
    14" × 20"
    36 × 51 cm
  • “When Red Days Settle In Blue Hours”

    (2009)
    $1,100
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on rives bkf paper (framed)
    20" × 14"
    51 × 36 cm
  • “We’re Coming Apart”

    (2009)
    $1,100
    Sold
    Acrylic & color pencil on paper (framed)
    13.5" × 19.5"
    34 × 50 cm
  • “And Our World Came Tumbling After”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “And She Said To Him”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “Through A Lone, Winding Road”

    (2015)
    $3,500
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on wood panel
    Thinkspace Gallery
    28" × 25"
    71 × 64 cm
  • “Buried Under A Burden Tree”

    (2010)
    $350
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and graphite on Rives BFK paper
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Do Not Breathe In The Moon”

    (2010)
    $1,150
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    16" × 20"
    41 × 51 cm
  • “In The State Of A Vagabond”

    (2010)
    $350
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and graphite on Rives BFK paper
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Idle”

    (2018)
    $2,200
    Sold
    Acrylic and color pencil on water paper
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “Parting From Your Wayward Heart”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “Rearranging Your Cluttered Mind”

    (2010)
    $1,150
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    16" × 20"
    41 × 51 cm
  • “The Circumference Of An Untamed Psyche”

    (2010)
    $350
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and graphite on Rives BFK paper
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “The Color Of A Colorless Soul”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    15.5" × 11.5"
    39 × 29 cm
  • “What The World Doesn’t Know”

    (2010)
    $850
    Sold
    Thin glazes of highly diluted acrylic and color pencil on Rives BFK paper
    12" × 16"
    30 × 41 cm
  • “The Magenta Maiden”

    (2017)
    $1,100
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on paper
    Framed (dimensions are of artwork only)
    9" × 9"
    23 × 23 cm
  • “Orange Is Not Your Color”

    (2015)
    $1,700
    Sold
    Acrylic and colored pencil on wood panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm