About Me

Hi, I'm Chi Anh!

I am a self taught artist and illustrator. Since I was a child, growing up in a family of painters and artists, art has always been important in my life. I grew up painting and drawing mostly animals (I love animals!), and even won first prize in my elementary school's art contest. As our family moved across continents throughout my childhood (Germany, Taiwan, then Vietnam), I continued to be influenced by different styles of art and cultures. I would often draw comic intuitively based on our trips and fun events in life and loved making greeting cards for my family.

However, sometime before university I gave up drawing to focus on my studies, and moved to Singapore for university. My hectic corporate hustle life that followed had no more space for art at all. Fast forward after 8 years in Singapore, I moved back to Vietnam to be closer to my parents. By then I had picked up a new passion for food & cooking. I spent my following 15 years being an F&B entrepreneur/restauranteur and also spent 3 years in a big F&B corporate group in Vietnam as the Head of Marketing & Brands.

I gradually realized the thing that kept me interested in food all along is still art. Plating a dish involves composition, color palette, and layers and layers of flavor and texture building. Even my first business was named "Kitchen Art". Art never really left my life.

After 20 years being an entrepreneur/restauranteur/corporate exec and after having 3 children, I finally allowed myself to pursue art seriously. Since then I have been drawing comics, illustrating food, painting still life and lots of portraits of my family (mostly my 3 children!). I also write & illustrate a Vietnamese weekly visual newsletter on global news, tech, trends, recipes, wellness hacks, as well as write a Substack on my weekly sketchbook drawings and journey as a newly recovered artist.

I love making bold, colorful art that is joyful and full of aliveness, whether it's acrylic paint on canvas or watercolor & colored pencil on paper. For me, the purpose of making art is bringing joy and healing energy to both me and my audience in this noisy & chaotic life to turn inwards and remember the beauty of our souls and everyday life. I want to make art something accessible and available during many parts of our day, especially during the age of AI and digital overwhelm, to help us slow down and recenter towards love. That's why I started my first collection as a whimsical postcard print collection to bring you small pockets of joy and colors into your daily life, for yourself and whoever you decide to gift it to.

All my art is first created by hand on paper, then scanned at high resolution to be turned into various sizes to print on high quality thick paper for postcards, art poster, greeting cards etc. When I do digital illustrations, it is also by hand on my iPad.

I hope you enjoy my creations and I hope it reaches your hands soon!

Love,

Chi Anh.