Highland Peoples Wall Art of Sapa

Hmong market lanes, indigo cloths drying over dye vats and timber villages on Sapa slopes make up these highland peoples paintings, with small anonymous figures placed inside the landscape. Each image is either painted in oil by hand or printed on archival canvas.

Baskets, dye vats and chimney smoke

In the market lane, woven baskets crowd the foreground and stalls hold folded cloth and greens. Small figures in head scarves appear beside wooden houses, with green hills below a cloudy sky, all in thick oil strokes. Market life like this also hangs in Market Scene.

A square painting of indigo cloths with white patterns hangs them from bamboo poles over round dye vats, with wooden houses and hills fading into mist behind. Deep blues sit against soft greens. Hill views of this kind are gathered in Sapa.

The village painting shows timber houses on a mountain slope in amber, moss green and slate grey. Chimney smoke rises, terraces curve across the hill and storm clouds sit over the ridges.

Blue, green or amber on your wall

The indigo painting pairs dark blue with pale green, which sits well on a white or pale grey wall. The market lane runs on greens and the colours of folded cloth, so it pairs with a wall that has other green nearby. The smoking village leans on amber and slate grey, a match for timber furniture or a darker wall.

The green slopes here share their ground with the rural landscapes in Countryside, and the cloth, dyeing and market scenes belong beside the paintings in Culture & Traditions.