Thursday, January 22, 2009

And another trophee!

Jean, one of our third year won a huge contest and reward. It was advertised yesterday in the Bangkok Post:

CANVAS FOR THE YOUNG

Published: 22/01/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Outlook

The Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) and Raimon Land, together with CentralWorld, Zen department store, TK Park, Post Publishing and Dusit Thani Bangkok recently organised a special gala reception for the finals of the ROSL Young Artist of Thailand Competition at Zen Event Gallery, level 8 Zen department store.


Raimon Land CEO Nigel Cornick and the winner of the Young Artist competition, Patcharaporn Arunsirichok.

Inaugurated in 2007, the competition has seen a significant increase in entries in just one year. The first competition saw a total of 144 entries, and the number jumped to 379 in 2008.

ROSL chairman Jim Napier said other than the leaping percentage of participants, this year's entries also have much greater and wider appeal, as well as a number of new entries from the provinces.

Sixty-four finalists were chosen and their artworks were exhibited at Eden Zone, CentralWorld, from January 12 to 19. Among these 64, 12 had been carefully selected for the final round and these artworks will be flown to London to be exhibited at Overseas House, the worldwide headquarters of the Royal Over-Seas League, for a week.

The 2008 winner is Patcharaporn Arunsirichok, a third-year student from Silpakorn University International College, whose oil painting is titled The Residence. She was presented with a trophy, two tickets to London and one week accommodation at Overseas House and a cash prize of 100,000 baht.


Award winning painting ‘The Residence’.

Her work is a picture of a resident building with clothes hung out to dry, displaying the lives of the people residing in this building. "The inspiration came from a particular building I saw a few times when I passed Yaowarat road. Some might say it's nothing but a shabby building, but to me, there are many stories behind it," said Patcharaporn.

She said she had spent an entire week working on this painting. The picture is not a copy of the building that she had seen - it is an imagined building inspired by her visual perception. "I would say I am quite satisfied with how it came out, but if I had more time, I'd love to paint electric wires across the building."

"This is a dream come true and a unique chance for me as a young artist. Thank you to the Royal Over-Seas League and to Raimon Land for giving all young artists in Thailand such an opportunity to showcase our work," commented Patcharaporn upon receiving her trophy from ROSL vice-patron MR Sarisdiguna Kitiyakara.

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