Ly Tan Man — Threshold of Light | Oil on Canvas | 48 x 36 in | Signed lower right

In Threshold of Light, Ly Tan Man distills a lifetime of resilience into a single, striking composition. A luminous field of deep saffron and olive green pulses at the center—alive with movement, memory, and emotion—framed in stark black as if time itself has closed in to witness this moment.

Emerging from the radiant core, textured clusters of white, crimson, and cobalt suggest a gathering of souls or stories—perhaps ancestral, perhaps aspirational. There’s tension here, but also balance. The contrast between the glowing inner world and the engulfing darkness evokes the artist’s journey from exile to self-possession, from obscurity to clarity.

For collectors and curators, this piece offers both aesthetic drama and conceptual precision. Its minimal structure belies its emotional complexity—a signature of Ly Tan Man’s refined late-period works. Threshold of Light commands attention, not through noise, but through depth. It is an essential addition for those building collections centered on diaspora, introspection, and the contemporary Asian-American voice.