Van Han, Artist
Biography
For me, art is woven into the rhythm of my life. People— their laughter, their losses, their quiet breaths, even their aging wrinkles— are the pulse behind every stroke. I listen to their unspoken stories, then echo them back in colour and line, sharing the feeling with them and with anyone who looks.
On my canvas, the hard edges of reality slip into a dream-realm. The human condition stretches, distorts, and dissolves until only the essentials linger: sympathy, wonder, a gentle confusion at the mystery of being. Hints of pity drift through shifting shapes; abstraction grows where clear answers fade. Those mysteries stay half-hidden, caught between what the eyes can see and what the heart still seeks.
So the real story is never finished. It waits— restless and curious— just behind the paint, hoping one day to step out from the canvas and meet you face-to-face.
Education
- Fine Arts, Alberta University of the Arts