Anh Duong trained as a ballet dancer, but she always loved painting and drawing. Beautiful in an offbeat way, she became a couture model in the mid-80s, walking runways and gracing the covers of glossy magazines. When Duong moved to New York in 1988, she started painting professionally, focusing mainly on portraits, especially self-portraits, which she executed by viewing her reflection in a mirror. “When I paint myself, I use a true mirror,” she has said. “So it’s a reflection of the reflection, so it’s actually the real me.” Galerie Gmurzynska presents 25 Duong paintings at Spring Place Beverly Hills. —Elena Clavarino