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| GALLERY OPIUM 315/26 Moo 12, Thepprasit Rd. Banglamung / Pattaya City Chonburi 20150 Thailand |
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Director: Alan Kirkland-Roath gallery phone: 038 303040 0850 847 947 (mobile) website: www.galleryopium.com  |
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PRESS RELEASE INVITATION / ART EXHIBITION |
| PRESS, MEDIA & PRIVATE COLLECTORS Saturday, January 26th 2008, 6.30 p.m. till late.  " 3 WATERCOLOURISTS " with Alan Kirkland-Roath, Disapol Paengsri & Chaiyo
Watercolour is a beautiful and thrilling medium that has something to offer everyone. Layers of translucent washes applied over a white paper give it a jewel-like brilliance which is unmatched by any other medium. A unique Exhibition of pure watercolours, by two Thai and one British artist. Not to be missed…
Exhibition open to the public: Art Critic Michael Bulley about "3 Watercolourists" on Jan. 29th, 2008: Showing off… The first of this year’s art exhibitions was off to a fine opening this week at Gallery Opium on Thepprasit Road. A very large and esteemed audience of art lovers attended this exhibition of the works of 3 watercolourists working in what has been described as the most difficult of all artistic disciplines. I once heard it simply put… "watercolour art is a little like golf, it’s the strokes that count..." Art critic Michael Bulley gave the welcoming speech to all the friends of Gallery Opium and reminded the audience that this gallery is one of the few artistic locations for art lovers to meet and enjoy both art works and the good company of friends of art. As such, the gallery hopes to build on this encouragement of such friends to form a "Friends of Gallery Opium". Watercolour is the very oldest of art expression; did not our ancestors use both earth and blood mixed with water to create extraordinary paintings of animals in caves, not in worship but for good luck in hunting the next day? So now, we have an exciting contemporary view of watercolour works by 3 masters of this craft, each so different. DISAPOL PAENGSRI, is a young colourist from Chonburi; his works reveal a grandeur of glorious expressiveness. He creates beautiful feelings of Thai art with all its intricate brush work that give each painting a feeling of the mystique. Contrast this style with ALAN KIRKLAND-ROATH’s paintings that have about them a feeling of the now… that convey a contemporary mood. His images are so very life-like as to grace any family home. And I, for one love his somewhat unabashed configuration of the female form. The last of these masters is CHAIYO, born in Laos; he has been a monk for many years, and this tells its own story. His works are of the spirit, soul like imagery of the mind and ghosts that visit him in the very night. His paintings have some what a religious feel to them; the beautiful intricate detail seems so precious, almost like story telling with paint… This exhibition has an eloquent contrast of works that can be enjoyed by anyone wishing to revel in the exciting and unique picture making of watercolour art… |
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