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Echo (Self Portrait)
Gouache on watercolor paper
9"x20"
~SOLD~

Kao Lee Thao
Began her journey when her mother crossed the Mekong River while she was cradled in her womb. Her family escaped to America in 1976 with only $5 in their pocket to begin a new life, settling in La Crescent, Minnesota.

Kao Lee’s arrival to the world created another journey for her mother
across the Mississippi River to give birth in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Water and travel have become central ideas in her paintings. Her work is infused with an expressively fluid style that allows viewers to travel into the past and see the echo of Hmong folktales, themes, and patterns passed down verbally from generation to generation in the Hmong culture.

“Art is an inspired Echo of human existence.”
Thanks for looking!

Artist, Painter

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Lyrical Presence Vinyl Record Collection
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Once Upon A Time Collection
Mask Sneak Peek
Secret War Billboard Project
Community Supported Art Project
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Spiral Groove ~SOLD~
Papyrus~SOLD~
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Isis
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MoonLight Necklace~SOLD~
Bones Necklace~SOLD~
Queen of Hearts
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Perfect Catch~SOLD~
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Court of Love~SOLD~
Float~SOLD~
Summers Swim~SOLD~
Gao Zoua Pang
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Za~SOLD~
Suab Ncaag~SOLD~
Kang~SOLD~
Song
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Candy Striper
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Paj Yeeb~SOLD~
Violet
May
Kaiya
Bao
Pang~SOLD~
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Story of Your Life ~SOLD~
Kiss
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Pa ~SOLD~
Petal
Kao Yaaj Yuam~SOLD~
Nkauj Yaaj Yuam ~SOLD~
Lily~SOLD~
Blossom
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Echo Collection ~SOLD~
Dragon Princess~SOLD~
The Promise ~SOLD~
The Vow ~SOLD~
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Nestle~SOLD~
Indulge
Fish Wives
Hmong Cinderella
The Evil Wife
The Flood (Set of 3)
Gao Zoua Pang~SOLD~
Inner Swirl Portraits ~SOLD~
Personalized Taro Portraits~SOLD~
Inspired by Exodus Lost
Björk
Miro ~SOLD~
Carrying the Future~SOLD~
Dreams ~SOLD~
Silver
Lace
Henna ~SOLD~
Butterfly ~SOLD~
Joua ~SOLD~
Blur
Way of Life
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Nam (Mother)
Story Within ~SOLD~
Wind~SOLD~
Yukai ~SOLD~
Harmony
Paj
Nurture
Balance
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Geisha
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Moxxy ~SOLD~
Hmong Girls ~SOLD~
Drift ~SOLD~
White Dancer
New Year Baby
Auntie Susan ~SOLD~
Faeries ~SOLD~
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Baby Blue~SOLD~
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Imprisonment~SOLD~
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