The three paintings explore the idea of finding one’s own season — a personal state of freedom, self-discovery, and a way of being in the world that feels truly one’s own.

"Sailing Girl" and "Summer Boat" are inspired from scenes of summer leisure, particularly water sports and activities by the water. Swimming, paddleboarding, boating, sailing, and sunbathing become images of freedom and vitality. The apparent happiness and freedom of people immersed in these moments prompt questions about how we become ourselves, where we find our souls, and how we recognise who we are in the world. Summer becomes a metaphor for a state of being: a possibility of finding the summer within one’s own life and making life itself a summer.

"Thin Air", on the other hand, is inspired by her experience of solo hiking in the Himalayas. The thin air, which makes a few metres of ascent feel like climbing twenty floors, the cold water that burns the skin, the darkness at night, and the harsh sunlight become encounters with physical limitation. Yet the walk itself is the most important part. It reveals weakness and strength, while creating space to question what has been done and what lies ahead. The walk becomes like painting itself: a process of moving through uncertainty, step by step, towards self-discovery.

LinhTrang is a Vietnamese painter, currently based in Hanoi. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Norwich University of the Arts in 2019.

Her selected group exhibitions include St Martin at Palace, Norwich (2017); Firstsite, Colchester (2017); VICAS Studio, Hanoi (2019); and Norwich University of the Arts (2019). In the beginning of 2026, she presented her solo exhibition "Hip Hip Hooray" at Art30 Gallery, Hanoi.