Laguna Beach Pool Photo Shoot

Another set of photos taken in the setting of a swimming pool. These were taken right after my photoshoot in Hawaii (August 2004). These photos are not on my website yet, so you guys get to see them here first! How exciting! Just kidding.

Chuc Mung Nam Moi

Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Tet! Happy Lunar New Year! I did something cultural yesterday. I went to a Vietnamese Tet Festival. It was wonderful to see lots of people from my country having a good time. I had fresh sugarcane drink which reminded me of the time when I was a little boy in Vietnam. There was Vietnamese food, kids wearing traditional clothes, pretty girls wearing Vietnamese dresses called "ao dais", a few cute Vietnamese guys, traditional music, a few pop stars, and beautiful folk dances performed by high school and college students. I had a great time! Being there made me want to visit Vietnam next year during the Tet Festival. That would be so much fun! Best of luck to all of you! :)

Pool Party

At a pool party in Los Angeles a few summers ago.

Artist Model

Today, I modeled for a painter in his studio. It was interesting and fun. I haven't modeled nude for an artist in almost a year. He contacted me about a month ago. I saw his paintings on his website and decided to work with him because I liked his work. He's a very talented painter who does mostly landscapes and architectural paintings, but he wants to start painting nude models. Well, being an artist, myself, I know talent when I see it.

So I modeled nude for him for 4 hours. I did a few standing poses and a few sitting ones. My muscles ached from having to stay in one postion for 15 minutes to half an hour. He did some sketches. He wants to do many drawings of me to figure out which pose he likes the best. When he is ready to do a painting of me, I suppose I will do his favorite pose for a few hours (of course, I will be allowed a few breaks...lol).

After the nude modeling session, he gave me a ride home. I showed him my painting studio and the two paintings of Madrid and Cannes that I'm currently working on. It was cool talking about art with another painter :)

About Dan

Birthplace: Song Pha, Vietnam

Hometown: San Diego, California

Education: UCSD (University of California, San Diego), Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Arts

Favorite Pastimes: modeling, painting, reading novels, traveling, roadtrips, sightseeing, photography, visiting art museums, walking in botanical gardens and parks, tanning at the beach, swimming, working out, running, dining, foreign films, learning different languages, gardening, cooking, shopping, attending concerts, dancing, going out with friends, listening to music...

Travels: Waikiki, Hilo, Maui, Cannes, Nice, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Sitges, Bilbao, Vancouver, New York City, Washington D.C., Hollywood, San Francisco, Laguna Beach, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, Seattle, Dallas, Taipei, Hong Kong

Future Travel Plans: Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Tokyo, Prague, Amsterdam, Sydney, Miami, Chicago, Beijing, Singapore

Favorite Art Museums: Guggenheim (Bilbao, Spain), Louvre (Paris), Metropolitan (New York City)

Favorite Hotel: Halekulani on Waikiki Beach

Favorite Restaurant: Sushi Ko in Bel Air

Favorite Food: sushi, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian, French desserts

Favorite Singers: Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Lindsay Lohan, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Robbie Williams, Michael Buble

Favorite Authors: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Hardy, Yukio Mishima, Arthur Golden, David Guterson

Favorite Movies: "Meet Joe Black", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Gladiator", "The Scent of Green Papaya", "Indochine", "Memoirs of a Geisha"

Favorite Place: Oahu, Hawaii

Favorite Possessions: My Paintings

Favorite Dream: Art Gallery on Oahu

HeadShots

Million Dollar Smile

My fans love my smile! I like it, too. :)

Good Morning

This is what I look like when I wake up. Just kidding.

Swimwear Model

Another favorite photo among my fans. Is it because I look good in red? Or is it because they like the little white flowers. Maybe they just like the big bulge.

All Natural

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Happy New Year to Everyone! Hope 2006 will bring you lots of joy, smiles, laughter, friends, fun, love, good sex, good health, excitement, adventures, travel, success, money, happiness---photo shoots, TV commercials, films---oh, that's for me...hahaha.

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!---Dan :)

Tropical Rainforest

One of my favorite artistic nude photos. This gorgeous scenery is actually not in Hawaii---somewhere in Los Angeles!