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GALLERY OPIUM
315/26 Moo 12, Thepprasit Rd.
Banglamung / Pattaya City
Chonburi 20150
Thailand
Director: Alan Kirkland-Roath
gallery phone: 038 303040
0850 847 947 (mobile)
website: www.galleryopium.com

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:
From Saturday, Jan. 26th 7p.m. till Feb. 23rd 2008
Venue: Gallery Opium, 315/26 Thepprasit Road M12, Banglamung,
Pattaya City, Chonburi 20150
Gallery opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9a.m. to 5p.m.
Sundays & Private Viewings by Appointment.



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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