Huê Thi Hoffmaster

Huê Thi Hoffmaster is a painter living and working in Hudson, New York. The son of Vietnamese and American parents, Hoffmaster attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and spent his early career exploring the full spectrum of abstraction and representation. Oscillating between improvisation and meticulous rendition, the floral bouquets of Hoffmaster’s compositions combine delicate blossoms with heavy bursts of color. The arrangements alternatively materialize as portrait-like studies and playful scenes that balance between non-objective abstraction and representational imagemaking. Hoffmaster’s thickets of paint threaten to outgrow the boundaries of his canvas as he actively cultivates tension—between Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions, curiosity and cognizance, the seen and unseen. Hoffmaster feels that the aesthetic variety of his work reflects his emotional state and his approach to painting as a game. Mirroring the ethos of the action painters, Hoffmaster sees artmaking as an event where he can embrace the inconsistencies and energy of the moment.

Submitted by Eric Firestone Gallery