Panpimon Suwannapongse, the Thai consul general in Ho Chi Minh City, is looking to hold an exhibition of her own lacquer paintings she created during her term in Vietnam next month.

The exhibition, called “Mua vang” (Golden rain), is set to take place at the HCMC Fine Arts Museum, 97 Pho Duc Chinh street, district 3, from June 8 to 16.

The exhibit will feature 21 lacquer paintings by the Thai diplomat along with 15 others by artist Hua Thanh Binh, the museum’s vice head.

In 2007, Suwannapongse held an exhibit of her lacquer paintings in Hanoi.

The Thai diplomat, who began painting since young, was instantly infatuated with Vietnamese lacquer and began to learn the art in Hanoi in 2006.

“The older the Vietnamese lacquer paintings are, the more striking their hues become. People in Thailand and Myanmar also use lacquer, but mostly as worship wares. Vietnamese lacquer thus boasts more artistic features,” The thao & Van hoa quoted Suwannapongse as saying.

Her paintings feature Thai topic matters such as her reverence to the Buddha and the Thai King on the Vietnamese lacquer, as a way to express her love for both countries.

Yellow, which stands for prosperity, revival and the good things in Thai culture, is a dominant color in her paintings.

They are created on materials like coins, gold, silver, stone, beads, mud, seashells and dust.

The coming exhibit is sponsored by Tira, a Thai art collector who boasts a prized collection of some 2,000 works by Vietnamese artists in different periods.