"Boi Tran is a painter and something of a throwback, an anomaly, a creature from another, earlier time in the life of the onetime Imperial City". She lives in an area called Thien An Hill, in a magnificently restored compound. These traditional wooden houses were once part of the regal style, with sloped grooves to handle the rainy Hue weather. But most importantly, they feature a garden at the center which follows the eastern philosophy that all things originate from a single source, and expand in all directions. Since the loss of her beloved son, she's lived here, surrounded by her garden, and her art..."

Anthony Bourdain