about the event
Event Details
Where
Yassou, District 2, HCMC
When
18 - 19 September 2026
fundraising for
Urban Glamp. Project of Laws for Paws Vietnam
Exploring ideas of place, experience and compassion through painting and photography, The Compassionate Canvas brings together five local artists in support of Laws for Paws Vietnam. All artworks are available for purchase, with proceeds supporting the development of Laws for Paws Vietnam’s project Urban Glamp.
FEATURED ARTISTS
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Claire Binkley
Claire Binkley, an emerging abstract expressionist painter based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, showcases a remarkable blend of youthful energy and mature artistic insight. Originally from the United States, Claire has been dedicated to her craft since childhood. Her work is characterized by a profound passion for creativity and a commitment to translating complex emotions into vibrant visual forms. With a strong technical foundation, Claire employs dynamic colors and energetic brushwork to craft paintings that foster a dialogue between movement and feeling, inviting viewers into a rich and intimate experience.
The Secret Garden
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
200 × 200 cm
Bold, exuberant, and impossible to take in with a single glance, The Secret Garden invites the viewer into a world that seems to reveal something new each time you enter it.
At an impressive two meters square, this original mixed-media acrylic work by Ho Chi Minh City–based abstract expressionist Claire Binkley is a true statement piece. Layers of saturated turquoise, coral, violet, pink, green and electric blue collide with sweeping lines, organic forms, unexpected geometry and richly worked textures. Look closely and shapes begin to suggest flowers, vines, pathways, creatures and hidden spaces—only to dissolve again into abstraction.
Sale Price: 60,000,000 vnd | Reserve Price: 30,000,000 vnd
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That sense of discovery is central to Binkley's work. Originally from Dallas, Texas and now based in Ho Chi Minh City, Claire describes her paintings as a dialogue between her own introspection and that of the viewer. Her distinctive abstract expressionist practice brings together color, shape, movement, memory and emotion, allowing each person to find something different within the canvas.
In The Secret Garden, that invitation feels particularly fitting. The monumental canvas is joyful without being simple, playful without losing sophistication, and wonderfully alive with movement. There is no single entrance and no prescribed path through this garden. Instead, the viewer is encouraged to wander—to notice, imagine, interpret and return.
This extraordinary work has an even greater purpose.
The Secret Garden is being auctioned in support of Laws for Paws, helping raise funds toward a new facility and the ongoing care of dogs and puppies in Ho Chi Minh City and beyond.
Bid generously. Take home an unforgettable original work of art - and help give a dog a safer, brighter future at the same time.
Discover more of Claire Binkley's workat https://www.clairebinkleyart.com.
Majestic
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
200 × 200 cm
Powerful, joyful and commanding, Majestic is exactly what its name promises.
At the heart of this canvas, an elephant emerges from an explosion of color, texture and movement. Its unmistakable form is grounded in deep greys, rich blues and bold gestural marks, while its magnificent ears seem almost to contain worlds of their own—mosaics of brilliant color that transform one of nature's most iconic animals into something celebratory, emotional and entirely unexpected.
Sale Price: 120,000,000 vnd | Reserve Price: 60,000,000 vnd
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Surrounding the elephant is a luminous field of coral, peach, pink and gold, punctuated by expressive marks, fragments of geometry, energetic brushwork and flashes of saturated color. There is a wonderful tension between the strength and solidity of the elephant and the freedom of the abstraction around it. The result is a work that feels simultaneously strong and gentle, sophisticated and playful, grounded and gloriously alive.
That emotional interplay is characteristic of Ho Chi Minh City–based abstract expressionist Claire Binkley. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Binkley describes her work as a dialogue between her own introspection and that of the viewer—combining emotions, experiences and thoughts through an individual rhythm of color and form. Her practice celebrates artistic exploration and invites viewers to discover their own stories within each canvas.
In Majestic, the figurative and abstract come together beautifully. The elephant is immediately recognizable, yet the longer you look, the more there is to discover.
It is a painting about presence, strength and joy—and for this auction, those qualities take on an especially meaningful purpose.
Majestic is being auctioned in support of Laws for Paws, raising vital funds for a new facility and helping provide ongoing care for dogs and puppies in Ho Chi Minh City and beyond.
One bidder has the opportunity to take home an extraordinary original artwork while helping give vulnerable animals something equally extraordinary: safety, care and the chance of a better life.
Bid for the art. Bid for the animals. Bid generously.
Explore Claire Binkley's work at https://www.clairebinkleyart.com. Majestic is currently featured by the artist as an "At Auction" work.
Tạ Thanh Khuê & Studio
Tạ Thanh Khuê (b. 1991) was born and raised in Saigon, where she continues to live and work. Watercolor is her primary medium.
Her paintings often begin with things close at hand: cats, flowers and plants, a corner of Saigon, or simply something unexpected that catches her attention. Khuê is not particularly interested in reproducing exactly what is in front of her. What she sees passes through memory and imagination, and is eventually painted as she remembers and feels it.
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For Khuê, painting does not have to stay faithful to reality in the way a camera records the world. She is more interested in discovering the less obvious colors within familiar subjects, while allowing water and brushwork to move freely, shaping their own reality. Observation, memory, and imagination naturally overlap throughout this process. Whatever the subject, Khuê sees the finished work as a kind of emotional self-portrait of herself at that particular moment.
Before pursuing art professionally in 2024, Khuê spent several years working in the creative industry. Alongside her studio practice and participation in exhibitions in Vietnam and abroad, she has managed Vietnam Watercolor Art Saigon since 2025, where she helps organise classes, painting sessions, and community activities, while connecting watercolor practitioners in Ho Chi Minh City.
Founded in 2018, Vietnam Watercolor Art grew out of a shared love for watercolor. Over time, it has become a place where artists, students, and art lovers can meet, paint together, exchange ideas, and learn from one another. Alongside classes and studio practice, its activities include plein-air painting, workshops, artist exchanges, community gatherings, and exhibitions.
Vietnam Watercolor Art has also helped build connections between the Vietnamese watercolor community and artists around the world. Over the years, it has been involved in a number of international exhibitions in Vietnam, including a 2019 exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts featuring artists from 62 countries and territories, and the 2021 International Watercolor Autumn Exhibition, which brought together artists from 42 countries and territories.
At its heart, however, Vietnam Watercolor Art is shaped by much simpler things: people sitting down to paint together, exchanging techniques and experiences, heading outdoors to sketch, and making time for art in one another’s company. From these encounters have grown friendships, collaborations, and individual artistic journeys.Since 2025, artist Tạ Thanh Khuê has managed Vietnam Watercolor Art Saigon, continuing to develop its programme of art-making, education, group painting sessions, and community connections in Ho Chi Minh City.
The artists taking part in this exhibition are also connected through Vietnam Watercolor Art. Each has developed a distinct practice and visual language, but they share a history of learning, painting, exchanging ideas, and growing alongside one another through art.
The Adventure (Yen cave - Vietnam)
Watercolor on paper | 150 x 80 cm
Reserve Price: 34,000,000 vnd
When we're young, we run (To vo gate - Vietnam)
Watercolor on paper |80 x 45 cm
Reserve Price: 24,000,000 vnd
A corner of sunshine
Watercolor on paper | 57 x 77 cm
Reserve Price: 10,000,000 vnd
A big catch
Marker on paper | 40 x 30 cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
Over the river
(Saigon - Vietnam)
Watercolor on paper | 25 x 17 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
Hoi An's noon (Hoi An - VN)
Watercolor on paper | 51 x 36 cm
Reserve Price: 8,000,000 vnd
Lychee
Watercolor on paper | 38 x 28 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
Spring delivery (Sadec - Vietnam)
Watercolor on paper | 25 x 17 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
Banh Beo's noon
Watercolor on paper | 75 x 55 cm
Reserve Price: 18,000,000 vnd
Violet Hoi An (Hoi An - VN)
Watercolor on paper | 36 x 51 cm
Reserve Price: 8,000,000 vnd
Firework under the sun
(Nha Trang - Vietnam)
Watercolor on paper | 28 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
SOLD Mangosteen
Watercolor on paper | 28 x 16 cm
Reserve Price: 1,400,000 vnd
Banh It's Morning
Watercolor on paper | 55 x 75 cm
Reserve Price: 18,000,000 vnd
Burst
Watercolor on paper | 56 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 8,000,000 vnd
Tet's flavors
Watercolor on paper | 26 x 40 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
Vietnam Watercolor Art studio (Various Artists)
Traces of Saltwater
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 54 × 75 cm
Reserve Price: 17,000,000 vnd
A Conversation in Clay
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 42 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
Banh Xeo
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 42 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
Night in Hội An
Artist: Thu Hiền Nguyễn
Watercolor on paper | 31 × 41 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Predatory Still Life
Artist: Hồ Đắc Huy
Watercolor on paper | 27 x 28 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Flower of the sun
Artist: Bùi Thu Trang
Watercolor on paper | 75 x 54 cm
Reserve Price: 11,000,000 vnd
Squirrel
Artist: Thanh Hà
Watercolor on paper | 36 x 26 cm
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Waiting for mom
Artist: Trang Nguyên
Watercolor on paper | 26 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Lâu lâu trời xanh gió hiu hiu - Ở đây cây dại vẫn còn yên
Artist: Ishaan Tran
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 20 cm
Reserve Price: 1,200,000 vnd
Berna Death
Artist: Oji Valencia
Digital - Print art | 29.7 x 42 cm
Reserve Price: 1,500,000 vnd
Horses, Horses
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 42 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Independence Palace
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 38 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 4,000,000 vnd
Return to Ta Giang
Artist: Thái Thu Lê
Watercolor on paper | 55 x 75cm
Reserve Price: 10,000,000 vnd
Gold in blue
Artist: Hồ Đắc Huy
Watercolor on paper | 28 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Stillness Beyond the Nets
Artist: Dương Anh Thư
Watercolor on paper | 51 x 35 cm
Reserve Price: 9,000,000 vnd
Behind the flower bushes
Artist: Hà Phạm
Patchwork |
Reserve Price: 6,300,000 vnd
Little watchdog
Artist: Trang Nguyên
Watercolor on paper | 27 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 2,000,000 vnd
All mine
Artist: Ishaan Tran
Acrylic on Canvas | 25 × 25 cm
Reserve Price: 1,600,000 vnd
Saigon Broken Rice
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 42 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
Lotus Fragrance
Artist: Thu Hiền Nguyễn
Watercolor on paper | 30 × 40 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Merops apiaster
Artist: Hồ Đắc Huy
Watercolor on paper | 28 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Thien Mu Pagoda
Artist: Bùi Thu Trang
Watercolor on paper | 41 x 31 cm
Reserve Price: 7,000,000 vnd
Fluffy cat
Artist: Thanh Hà
Color pencil on paper | 21 x 30 cm
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Playtime
Artist: Trang Nguyên
Watercolor on paper | 26 x 38 cm
Reserve Price: 1,600,000 vnd
My storm
Artist: Ishaan Tran
Acrylic on Canvas | 15 × 15 cm
Reserve Price: 1,000,000 vnd
Anna Thema
Artist: Oji Valencia
Digital - Print art | 40.64 x 50.8 cm
Reserve Price: 1,500,000 vnd
Banh Mi
Artist: Hoàng Hà
Watercolor on paper | 42 × 28 cm
Reserve Price: 5,000,000 vnd
Summer Light
Artist: Thu Hiền Nguyễn
Watercolor on paper | 38 × 56 cm
Reserve Price: 7,000,000 vnd
Going Home (Northwest Vietnam)
Artist: Thái Thu Lê
Watercolor on paper | 51 x 36cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
By the stream
Artist: Bùi Thu Trang
Watercolor on paper | 41 x 31 cm
Reserve Price: 6,000,000 vnd
Lotus
Artist: Thanh Hà
Watercolor on paper | 36 x 26 cm
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Dreamers
Artist: Trịnh Thu Hà
Silk painting | 53 x 65 cm
Reserve Price: 14,000,000 vnd
Street
Artist: Ishaan Tran
Acrylic on Canvas | 15 × 15 cm
Reserve Price: 1,000,000 vnd
Hot issue
Artist: Ishaan Tran
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 20 cm
Reserve Price: 1,600,000 vnd
Sawano Newell
Sawano Newell, a Tokyo native, attended university in the United States and has lived abroad ever since. Her interest in photography has evolved through workshops, personal projects, and photographic explorations around the world.
For more than 15 years in Saigon, she has also devoted herself to rescuing and caring for stray and abandoned animals. Over time, her passion for street photography intertwined with her compassion for the animals she encountered on the streets.
Through her photographs, Sawano seeks to capture the spirit, character, and quiet beauty of the people and animals she meets, finding connection—and sometimes even a smile—in unexpected places.
The Look #1
Photography | 30x42cm
Reserve Price: 1,000,000 vnd
The Look #2
Photography | 30x42cm
Reserve Price: 1,000,000 vnd
Shweta Mangal
My roots lie in Jaipur, Rajasthan — a city known for its timeless grace and rich artistic heritage.
My relationship with art began at the age of four. Over the years, it grew from a childhood love into a way of understanding life itself.
I grew up surrounded by conversations and influenced by many forms of art — dance, painting, cooking, gardening, and even the way food was presented — all of which I inherited from my grandmother, mother, and father.
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I was deeply shaped by my parents. My mother, a classical dancer and intuitive cook, introduced me to rhythm, grace, and sensory beauty. My father, both an artist and a doctor, showed me that creativity and science can coexist in harmony. From them, I learned that balance is the truest form of wellness.
Over time, I explored multiple artistic styles and mediums, created more than 3,000 artworks, and had the privilege of guiding students from diverse backgrounds and stages of learning, while also working closely with clients whose walls are adorned with my artworks. Art has always been therapeutic for me — a quiet space where emotions find colour and stillness finds expression.
Along the way, I pursued formal training in art therapy, deepening my understanding of art as a tool for healing and self-awareness.
My belief in sattvic living and traditional culinary wisdom comes from a deep respect for natural, mindful living. Food, like art, is most powerful when created with awareness and intention. Over the years, I have shared my culinary skills and witnessed the quiet joy and sense of wonder that arises from a well-cooked meal — not because of complexity, but because of purity, skill, and mindful preparation. These experiences were further enriched through professional culinary training, reaffirming my belief in time-honoured wisdom and in the idea that food, like art, speaks most deeply when it is honest and thoughtfully made.
I studied Nutrition and Dietetics and later became a certified IB and IGCSE art educator. This allowed my two lifelong passions — art and food — to come together naturally. I see them as twin expressions of balance: one nourishing the mind, the other the body.
Alongside this, there has always been a constant urge to learn, explore, and execute more — an inner drive that keeps me moving forward. It is a passion that goes beyond words and continues to shape everything I create.
Having lived across Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, and India for over two decades, my perspective blends Eastern serenity with a global sensibility.
HerbzenHues was born from this journey — a space where canvas meets cuisine, and creativity meets consciousness. Through my work, I invite people to slow down, reconnect, and experience wellness through art, colour, and conscious living.
This is not simply what I do — it is how I choose to live.
Woven Heritage
Mixed media | 14” x 18”
Reserve Price: 14,400,000 vnd
Silk Lanterns of Hội An
Oil on Canvas | 48” x 36”
Reserve Price: 39,200,000 vnd
Echoes of Summer
Mixed media on ply | 16” x 22”
Reserve Price: 10,442,000 vnd
Olivia Mai-Chi Stuart
I am currently a Year 13 student at BIS. I have been creating art my entire life and it's a huge part of who I am. As an artist, I tend to gravitate towards portraiture. My favourite and most rewarding part of art is trying to capture who someone is, what they are feeling and what they want to say from their face alone. My favourite medium is definitely paint: oil paints, gouache, acrylic and water colour! I think a prominent aspect of my work comes from my focus on colour.
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No matter the artwork, I make sure the colours are vibrant and give the piece life – from the slight yellow sheen of a chair to the warm sunlight hitting someone’s face, I love to emphasise the beauty in the ordinary.
So, although I mostly enjoy realism, I think my artwork captures a surreal version of real life. Many of my influences come from my experience of growing up – looking at life through a different lens and appreciating the now. This can be seen in my submitted artworks about self-expression, noticing the subtleties in my environment, capturing what I love.
Untitled Artwork #3
Mixed Media | 58 x 42cm
Reserve Price: 2,500,000 vnd
Untitled Artwork #1
Mixed Media | 19 x 29 cm
Reserve Price: 750,000 vnd
Untitled Artwork #2
Mixed Media | 20 x 30 cm
Reserve Price: 800,000 vnd
Charu Shah
Charu Shah is a photographer and visual artist based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with over a decade of experience creating imagery across editorial, commercial and fine art photography. Her work is rooted in observation; finding beauty, character and quiet moments in the everyday. Through Fine Art Stock, she explores the textures, people, architecture and visual stories of the places around her, transforming these observations into original artworks, that celebrate the beauty and character of everyday life.
CST Colour
Pen Sketch | A4
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Cafe Apartments Colour
Pen Sketch | A4
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Bitexco Colour
Pen Sketch | A4
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Taj Colour
Pen Sketch | A4
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Dragon Full Colour
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Cafe Apartments B&W
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Dragon Red
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Bitexco B&W
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Bitexco Colour
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
500 Green
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
500 Pink
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Cafe Apartments Screenprint
Screenprint | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
2000 Colour
Pen Sketch | Greeting Card
Sale Price: 70,000 vnd
Hoang le Giang
A Thousand Sun
Printed on fine art hahnemuhle canvas | 80 x 110cm
Sale Price: 15,000,000 vnd
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Folded Earth
Printed on fine art hahnemuhle canvas | 80 x 110cm
Sale Price: 15,000,000 vnd
Reserve Price: 3,000,000 vnd
Câu lạc bộ Hướng nghiệp An
An Career Guidance Club
The An Career Guidance Club serves as a "second home" within the special education ecosystem of Thương & An (sponsored by the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Support of People with Disabilities and Orphans). It supports young people aged 10 and older with developmental disorders as they hone social skills, discover their potential, and learn practical vocational skills—such as handicrafts, fine arts, beverage preparation, and sales. Through art and manual work, the Club creates a space for them to express their pure inner worlds, transform their unique differences into one-of-a-kind value, and confidently integrate into the community.
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Paris, Season of First Love
Paris, Mùa Yêu Đầu
Artist: Ms. Hồ Thị Kim Thoa and students Võ Nguyễn Đăng Khoa & Hồ Đắc Duy Anh
Acrylic on Canvas | 30 × 30cm
Reserve Price: 3,500,000 vnd
Peace in the Night
Bình Yên Trong Đêm
Artist: Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa and student Vo Nguyen Dang Khoa
Acrylic on Canvas | 50 × 40cm
Reserve Price: 2,300,000 vnd
Land of Peace
Miền Đất Bình Yên
Artist: Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa and student Vo Nguyen Dang Khoa
Acrylic on Canvas | 50 × 40cm
Reserve Price: 1,700,000 vnd
A Ray of Freedom
Vạt Nắng Tự Do
Artist: Ms. Hồ Võ Ngọc Linh, Ms. An Nguyễn, and students Nguyễn Phùng Phúc Trường & Hồ Đắc Duy Anh
Acrylic on Canvas | 30 × 30cm
Reserve Price: 2,500,000 vnd
Dance of Peace / The Peacock
Vũ điệu An bình / Khổng tước
Artist: Nguyen Thai Binh – a young man with autism
Acrylic on Canvas | 40 × 30cm
Reserve Price: 2,500,000 vnd
Laws for Paws Vietnam Dogs
Our shelter dogs decided to put their creativity to canvas, and paint some original pieces for the upcoming auction. Paint, canvas and a little bit of peanut butter for encouragement.
See what they created below
Meet the Artists
Golden Hour Pups #1
Artist: Nick
Acrylic on Canvas | 18 × 23cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Rainbow Paws
Artist: Puppies
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 × 20cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Paws Enchanted
Artist: Rina
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 × 20cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Paws in the Park #1
Artist: Hazel
Acrylic on Canvas | 18 × 23cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Pup & Bloom #1
Artist: Rina
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 × 20cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Paws in the Park #2
Artist: Puppies
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 × 20cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Pup & Bloom #2
Artist: Sandy
Acrylic on Canvas | 18 × 23cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Golden Hour Pups #2
Artist: Sandy
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 × 20cm
Reserve Price: 300,000 vnd
Sale Price: 450,000 vnd
Come in, raise a glass, and make a difference.
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Fill in your details and let us know which piece or pieces you are interested in purchasing. A member of our team will be in touch by email within 24 hours to confirm your purchase and provide payment information.
Please note that submitting this form is a request to purchase, not a confirmed sale. Pieces are confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis once payment is received.
Proceeds from every artwork sold go toward building Urban Glamp, a retirement sanctuary and more, a project of Laws for Paws Vietnam that allows us to rescue and rehabilitate more dogs across Vietnam.