Exhibition
Mar 13rd – April 5th, 2014
I created this series of oil paintings from my travels and observed the nightlife habits of people that I have seen in pubs and bars in several countries from Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.
When I was in the different bars I observed people in the nightlife environment and created sketches of drunk people, bartenders, ladies of the night, and barflies while these people were having fun drinking or dancing. Some people drinking alone with sadness and loneliness inside.
In every painting I used alcoholic drinks as a common symbol that people use for socializing, having fun, entertaining and healing the soul's emptiness. I used yellow color as the night lights or reflection from beer bottles and used dark blue as the darkness hours of the nocturnal world.
![Night Walk, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Night Walk, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-e6614353-thumb.jpg)
Night Walk, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Conversation with Barfly, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Conversation with Barfly, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-ffd30278-thumb.jpg)
Conversation with Barfly, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Drinking in Bui Vien II, 2013, Oil on canvas, 61x91cm Drinking in Bui Vien II, 2013, Oil on canvas, 61x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-f5aa9300-thumb.jpg)
Drinking in Bui Vien II, 2013
Oil on canvas,
61x91cm
![Bangkok Night, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Bangkok Night, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-0adfbdf7-thumb.jpg)
Bangkok Night, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Three Drunk Men, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Three Drunk Men, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-0a010310-thumb.jpg)
Three Drunk Men, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Same Old Same Old, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Same Old Same Old, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-c5ea0052-thumb.jpg)
Same Old Same Old, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Julia, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Julia, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-cb25a9e4-thumb.jpg)
Julia, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Cheers, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm Cheers, 2013, Oil on canvas, 122x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-35d0e397-thumb.jpg)
Cheers, 2013
Oil on canvas,
122x91cm
![Daryll, 2012, Oil on canvas, 61x91cm Daryll, 2012, Oil on canvas, 61x91cm](assets/artwork/artwork-55189fa2-thumb.jpg)
Daryll, 2012
Oil on canvas,
61x91cm