Painting description
- Material: Oil painting
- Size: 80 cm x 120 cm
- Creation year: 2023
The Fire Phoenix is one of the nine children of the phoenix, known as a bird with the head of a chicken, the neck of a snake, the body of a tortoise, the tail of a fish, and the wings of a gorilla, with a fiery nature and a proud but angry temperament irregular
Folk legend has it that the fire phoenix can be resurrected from the fire, so some ancient people often sculpted the fire phoenix on their graves for the purpose of reincarnation after death.
The pheonix appeared a lot in the architecture and decoration of the Nguyen Dynasty, the motifs in Hoa Phung were inspired by the art of ceramic mosaics and wood carvings of this dynasty, especially the two main colors of "son son thep vang”: red of power and gold of luxury.
Fire phoenix is painted as a moving fossil under many layers, the background of decorative motifs of the Nguyen Dynasty, the emphasis is on the light on the top of the head, running on the neck down the wings and tail. Behind hidden another pair of Fire Phoenix's wings will continue the reincarnation.