Original artwork description:

Ta Thimkaeo recently got married. She's now Ta Byrne.

For me nudes are interesting to paint, I’ve had people say my Ladies are grotesque, fat, ugly, I think they are profoundly beautiful.

My ladies tell a story, but you'll never know what it is, you can guess and maybe you're right, but you’ll never know.

I want my ladies to have something of the night about them, be exquisite, strong, in control, of indeterminate origin and voluptuous. I want the tone beautifully considered, profoundly sympathetic, and deeply respectful and admiring of the female form portrayed in an atmosphere of wonder, intrigue in all its humble yet life-affirming glory.

My ladies have always been with me, my earliest drawings were nudes, when I had my first gallery on Samui, I used to have lots of Thais walking by furtively peeping into my shop with lots of kids sneaking a look, all because of my nudes, Thais don’t normally do nudes.

Materials used:

Oil on canvas

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