LEBADANG – BIOGRAPHY (1921 – 2015)     « An artist’s true wealth comes from the diversity of his creation » (Lebadang)   1921 Lê Bá Đảng was born on 27 June 1921 at Bích La Đông, (in Quảng Trị, near Huế) 1942 – 1948…

I have always wanted to escape from the weather-beaten paddy fields ever since I was a child, which makes a long way until today (1940 – 2005). During that time, I had next to nothing and suffered from lack of knowledge, so I left my…

Horses have conquered my heart, so apart from the paintings, prints, prints on horses for me add to my paragraph about horses and horses written about me: Horses and me as kites with wind, wind flying kites , the wind blowing kites to the high…

Flowers are the floraphiles’ soul mate. Flowers have pistil, perfume, posture and is full of love. Its lifetime journey from a tiny bud on branches blossoming out into a beautiful flower is just like a baby growing up happily and smilingly in their mother’s arms,…

If you are born to draw, you are meant to draw throughout your life. Sorry I don’t remember how to spell the word “draw”, but however it is spelt I just keep drawing. I storm into drawing the very first minute I wake up every…

There are immense green fields; there are plantains and bamboo branches playing with the wind. There is a rich variety of colors to be seen around plain houses; there is poverty hidden behind the bamboo and cassava groves. They bring about the pure flavor of…