
Painting by Le Van Dai. “He came to Hong Kong as a refugee from Vietnam in 1984 and was placed in the Kai Tak refugee camp. In his homeland he had been educated at an Art Academy in Saigon and became a practicing artist so when he entered the refugee camp he began to take classes in art with the younger children. He painted the nativity for Steven Neisham, a Lutheran missionary who was assisting the refugees. It is painted on dark-colored paper using water-based paints. In the picture Mary is dressed in traditional tribal clothing and the motif is continued through the background.” (Source for this and the image: The Bible Through Asian Eyes by Masao Takenaka and Ron O’Grady 1991)
