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The Sacred Landscapes series draws upon the imagination, inhabiting a realm of whimsy while remaining grounded in the artist’s lived experience. These paintings serve as creative playgrounds in which complex compositions emerge from swirling layers of paint, meticulously constructed fields of vibrant color, and playful, organic forms. As Nguyen explains, these works “reflect my inner self [and] many factors of myself which perhaps I can understand, or I can’t.” Extending beyond self-reflection, the artist’s strange and wondrous compositions embrace both the known and the unknowable, inviting viewers into a space where mystery, imagination, and experience converge.
The Series showcases Nguyen’s highly textured painting technique, which imbues both his landscapes and abstractions with a fantastical, otherworldly quality. United by themes of nature, the featured works are interconnected through an exploration of the universal life forces that bind spirit and matter.

YEARS
2022 - 2025

GATE #9/Sacred Landscape VI # 17
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
84 x 48 inches (213 x 122 cm)
2023
THE GATE AT THE MELTING GLACIERS/Sacred Landscape VI #41
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches (152 x 122 cm)
2024
MELTING GLACIERS/Sacred Landscape VI #42
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm)
2025
Sacred Landscape VI # 1
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches (122 x 152 cm)
2022
GATE #8/Sacred Landscape VI # 16
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm)
2023
GATE #2/Sacred Landscape VI # 10
Oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches (122 x 91 cm)
2023
GATE #4/Sacred Landscape VI # 12
Oil on wood panel
24 X 30 inches
Sacred Landscape VI # 30
Oil on wood panel
22 x 28 inches
Sacred Landscape VI #39
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #38
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #35
Oil on panel
10 x 8 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #33
Oil on panel
11 x 14 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #32
Oil on panel
11 x 14 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #31
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI # 29
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 28
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 27
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 26
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 25
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 24
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 22
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 20
Oil on wood panel
14 x 11 inches
2023
GATE #11/Sacred Landscape VI # 19
Oil on wood panel
16 x 12 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 9
Oil on wood panel
14 x 11 inches
2022
Sacred Landscape VI # 5
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2022
GATE #3/Sacred Landscape VI # 11
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches (152 x122 cm)
2023
Sacred Landscape VI #40
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #36
Oil on panel
10 x 8 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #37
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI #34
Oil on panel
14 x 11 inches
2024
Sacred Landscape VI # 23
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm)
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 21
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm)
2023
GATE #10/Sacred Landscape VI # 18
Oil on wood panel
14 x 11 inches
2023
GATE #7/Sacred Landscape VI # 15
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm)
2023
GATE #6/Sacred Landscape VI # 14
Oil on wood panel
8 x 8 inches
2023
GATE #5/Sacred Landscape VI # 13
Oil on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
2023
Sacred Landscape VI # 8
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2022
GATE #1/Sacred Landscape VI # 7
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2022
Sacred Landscape VI # 6
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm)
2022
Sacred Landscape VI # 4
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2022
Sacred Landscape VI # 3
Oil on wood panel
11 x 14 inches
2022
Sacred Landscape VI # 2
Oil on wood panel
12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm)
2022