Cam Tam enjoyed a serene and happy childhood filled with love and fun activities, one of which was her fervent passion for sketching. With her gifted talent already shown during her early years, she started depicting the world around her, including nature, objects, animals and people. In her teens, she transitioned to expressing her thoughts and emotions in her more mature works. When Tran entered college, she decided to temporarily halt her artistic hobby to focus on her studies to become a lawyer.
Nevertheless, what had been intended to be just temporary became a decades-long postponement. When the Vietnam War ended, Tran left the country to resettle in the U.S. She had then gone through life with ups and downs just like most immigrants to earn a living and a new sense of existence, letting her love for painting dormant for a long, long time. It was not until a few years back was she able to return to her first artistic love.
Not long after she began painting again, Tran’s works were swiftly recognized by her friends and the community she lives in. Her paintings have been displayed several times at Orange County Fine Art and Huntington Beach Art Center. Her paintings have appeared on the e-magazines damau.org and hopluu.net. Her works have also graced the front covers of a literary print magazine based in San Jose and two literary books by Nhan Anh Publisher in Huntington Beach.
