This is a book on one of Vietnam\'s foremost lacquer artists, Trinh Tuan, who uses lacquer paintings as a medium to express emotions such as loneliness and sadness. With colour plates. Articles on Trinh Tuan\'s work by art critics are included. A text on the process of lacquer painting, co-written by Trinh Tuan and Jorn Middelborg, is also included. Artist\'s chronology provided.