Colour of Life@Rose Garden Gallery
Youthapong Charoenpan
Opas Chotiphantawanon's latest exhibition - Colour of Life - illustrates the important influence the ocean and marine life has had upon the life of this Surat Thani-born artist.
Featuring vivid acrylic paintings and oil pastel compositions, Opas taps into his rich imagination, along with his real-life experiences of the colorful undersea world. His compositions feature numerous species of fish and other creatures from the deep, along with various forms of plant life.
Inspired by The Deep
Colour of Life functions as a successful interpretation by the artist of the true beauty of the ocean and its teeming marine life. Filled with numerous forms of fish and plants, you may even spot a smiling face in amongst some of the artist's compositions. Perhaps this signifies the general sense of well being many people feel when experiencing the colorful undersea world up close. I certainly got the feeling when examining the artist's compositions that he truly appreciates how lucky he has been to have grown up by the sea. It also reminded me of how the ocean can bring out people's affectionate side.
It made me recall how a diving instructor on the island of Koh Tao ('Turtle Island') once described a powerful undersea experience to me several years ago. It wasn't only his words that inspired me, though, since he also seemed to describe the scene by using his eyes. His eyes were almost the same light blue color as the waters surrounding us at the time and as the story unfolded they only seemed to get bigger and bigger. The upshot was that he was describing a big, blue whale. And what a powerful description it was, as I recall that it even gave me goose bumps!
A Bright Future
In my opinion, Colour of Life is a highly marketable body of work. Opas' work features slickly figurative, surrealistic scenes, generated by his own vivid imagination. The artist's style, with its colorful, instantly-recognizable undersea backdrops and distinct, colorful faces, has produced a sensational set of paintings. And while I can't guarantee you'll experience any goose bumps during this exhibition, I'm quite certain that you'll find plenty of opportunities to smile.
Rose Garden Gallery is located in a building adjoining the lobby of the Rose Garden Riverside Hotel in Nakhon Pathom province. The gallery opens Tuesday through Saturday from 10.30 am to 7 pm and from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm on Sundays (the gallery closes on Mondays).
Opas Chotiphantawanon's Colour of Life will be on display until June 20.
For further information, call Tel: +66 (0)2 422 2092, or +66 (0)84 772 2887.
Transport Connections:
Rose Garden Gallery is located at Rose Garden Riverside Hotel, Km 32 Phetkasem Road, Sampran in Nakhon Pathom province.
Car: Take Baromratchonnani Road, which will then connect with the Pinklao-Nakhonchaisri Road. Follow this road for about 20 kilometers (about 30 minutes) until you see a PTT gas station. Continue across a bridge that spans the Nakhonchaisri River and keep left. Take Buddha Monthon 7 Road until it connects with Phetkasem Road. Cross the bridge and continue to drive for another two kilometers, before making a U-turn by the Rose Garden Riverside Hotel.
Credit: TAN Network (www.tannetwork.tv)
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