stuggling artists everywhere
If anyone asked me what the best thing about living in Thailand is, I'm not sure what I would answer. The ability to furnish and decorate one's home inexpensively? The terrifically yummy pomegranate green tea beverage that I am now addicted to? For today, I'll get the home decorating alternative win the battle ...
This painting is our latest acquisition. The artist was an elephant living at the elephant camp (with her mahout). I know that the situation with the elephants in Thailand is often dubious, and I'm really torn about whether I'm supposed to feel bad for the ones who lost their traditional work in the logging industry here and end up in camps or the elephants who are dragged into central Bangkok amid the traffic and pollution and crowds and are only fed if tourists buy them a hand of bananas. Both? The elephants at the camp near Chiang Mai didn't need any sort of persuading to work on their paintings, so I don't feel particularly guilty and am happy to have a cool memory for our walls.
I don't know if I've ranted and railed about the cost of custom framing back in Canada, but if I'd known what custom framing costs here, I would have! This piece is 28"x35" with a double mat and a 2" solid wood frame. The tiny frame shop down the road from us did the work for $65!
That is amazingly cool Laura!
Posted by: chronicler | March 25, 2008 at 08:27 AM