Thai art & artists: strange find in White Bread country ...

[Smiles]

Here I am back in Canada, in the middle of BC (far from the multicultural ~ read: 'Asian' ~ milieu of Vancouver) ... checking out the web for some local 'For Sale' sites in this general area: me downsizing again, me flogging off my parent's no-longer-needed.
Of all things ... perusing the 'Art' section of castanet.ca there was only one lonely For Sale entry (as of yesterday). This one: << http://classifieds.castanet.net/showpro ... 02/cat/890 (http://classifieds.castanet.net/showproduct.php/product/714702/cat/890) >>

A Thai painting ~ the only painting ~ by an apparently well-thought of artist (Khun Sujarit). Who would have thought? Way out here.
But I really like this quite evocative piece. I won't be buying it, but perhaps some of you might be interested.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/forum%20photos%202/sujarit.jpg

[X] $3,000 for a conventional painting that looks like an illustration for a magazine.

http://www.christies.com/features/guide ... -sale.aspx (http://www.christies.com/features/guides/selling/pre-sale.aspx)

[X] Isn't it a bit strange that the seller doesn't try to sell it at Christie's himself?

[X] Have a look at START YOUR COLLECTION if you want to know what you can get for $3,000:

http://www.christies.com/features/guide ... ssion.aspx (http://www.christies.com/features/guides/selling/sellers-commission.aspx)

http://www.christies.com/services/valuations/
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[DamienZ]

It's a beautiful piece IMHO.
Shows more than just a moderate amount of artistic skill I think. I especially like artistic touch of reflecting the house on the left in the water, very nice! I should aspire to paint like this one day.

Thanks Smiles

[Beachlover]

Do you think anyone would notice if it was turned upside down? :blackeye:

I did


Do you think anyone would notice if it was turned upside down? :blackeye:

[quiet1]

One rule of design, is if you want to see if a layout or design is balanced is to turn it on all four sides. Based on the above inverted version, I'd say the artist has a good sense of balance!

One thing that immediately caught my eye with the painting was a somewhat eye-shaped figure on the surface of the painting, as if the artist decided to put some sort of faint "watermark" on it. That seems strange, no?

[edited after originally posted to add: I guess you need to scroll back up to look at Smiles' original (large) version of the painting to see the "watermark" clearly. After I highlighted it and then reduced the size, you can't see the strokes making up the "eye," but you can clearly see it in Smiles' version.}

... turned upside down? :blackeye:
http://artbistro.monster.com/topics/971 ... down/posts (http://artbistro.monster.com/topics/9712-does-anyone-else-turn-their-paintings-upside-down/posts)
http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/004Ir4

[Smiles]

" ... One thing that immediately caught my eye with the painting was a somewhat eye-shaped figure on the surface of the painting, as if the artist decided to put some sort of faint "watermark" on it. That seems strange, no? ... "
I noticed that as well Quiet, and looked at it very closely trying to figure it out. I'd rule out a 'watermark' of some kind: the strange object-not-object differs along it's line ... the bottom half almost looks like a hammock lying there (over the water?), the top lines more like a zephyr breeze blowing gently through the trees. It's definitely comprised of specific, intentional brush strokes.

Seeing as how the painting is done in the impressionistic style, I'm content with saying I don't really know what it is other than an idiosyncratic whim on the part of the artist. Unknowable accept to him.
Impressionism lets you get away with such artistic stunts ... and I rather like that.