Bridget March
A new year and some new artists
We can feel the world opening up around us and Vietnam, one of the very first countries to close its borders, is now looking forward to...
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Bridget March
- Jan 8, 2022
- 1 min
The year of the buffalo wasn't so bad!
The year of the Water Tiger will start at the beginning of February and we all wonder what it will bring. Many people have cursed 2020...
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Bridget March
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Vietnam's endangered wildlife
Enormous progress has been made to protect Vietnam's endangered wildlife since I arrived here in 2012. Traffickers are being jailed and...
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Bridget March
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
Family matters
Local artist Phan Thanh Minh has been an artist in Hoi An for over 20 years. He trained as an architect in Saigon but returned ot his...
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Bridget March
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
How do I sign my paintings?
Developing an unique signature is very important for artists. Your work can be recognised by the way it is signed so it is important to...
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Bridget March
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
How do you know when a painting is finished?
When I get within a day of finishing a painting, I am always filled with trepidation. For as long as I am working on a painting, I know...
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Bridget March
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Where does inspiration come from
First and foremost, the wisest word ever written about came from Picasso - 'inspiration will find you working' - he said. Never a truer...
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Bridget March
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Covid blessings!
I received my first Covid19 jab recently and there does seem to be a new air of optimism here in Hoi An because we are starting to catch...
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Bridget March
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Birthday treats
Each year, on my birthday, I hold a fundraiser for a local charity. I call it the Village Fete. But this year, I have slightly changed it...
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Bridget March
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
We have a new location
In November 2020, we closed the door on our old French Quarter gallery in Phan Boi Chau Street and brought everything to my home to...
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Bridget March
- Feb 15, 2020
- 1 min
Watercolour sketching for travelers
If you would like to create an illustrated travel journal or do some watercolour sketching to record your travel experiences, we have...
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Bridget March
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Experience it
'I rarely draw what I see; I draw what I feel in my body' Barbara Hepworth was born in 1910 in Wakefield, UK. She studied at Leeds...
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Bridget March
- Aug 2, 2018
- 1 min
The Unknown
'The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.' Magritte was...
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Bridget March
- Aug 2, 2018
- 2 min
Just not good enough
David Hockney was born near my own home town in Yorkshire in 1937 and studied art for 10 years at Bradford School of Art and at The Royal...
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Bridget March
- Jun 15, 2018
- 1 min
When an Artist comes to visit March Gallery
On 15th May, Mei Che Seong came to visit March Gallery and sat for an hour while sketching the street scene. Mei Chee Seong is the...
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Bridget March
- May 5, 2018
- 1 min
Sensational Saigon
This is my third illustrated book about Vietnam. Saigon has been my home for almost half of my six years here so I am excited to share...
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Bridget March
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min
Quintessence
If you read my last post ('After he was gone') you will be interested to learn that this painting has become the first of a series of...
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Bridget March
- Oct 31, 2017
- 1 min
After he was gone
Next door to March Gallery is a modest dwelling occupied by a lady who has a Mi Quang and Cao Lao stall every morning on the street...
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Bridget March
- Oct 25, 2017
- 2 min
Two Charming Lions
These ancient Vietnamese lions may, one day, replace all the fierce Chines lions that guard banks and hotels today.
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Bridget March
- Oct 19, 2017
- 1 min
March Gallery's first annual village fete
On the 18th of October March Gallery held its first Annual Village Fete to raise money for the Kianh foundation, an organisation which...
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