Somsak Chowtadapong สมศักดิ์ เชาวน์ธาดาพงศ์

My imagination of art concerns the expression of inner feelings towards nature and the environment. I love to explore what is going on around me, from fine detail such as gravels, stone, sand and soil up to the vast space of the sky. I do this not as a natural scientist, but as a student of Buddhist philosophy. Ultimately, I discover the essence of Buddhism : it is a law of balance of nature.
For several years, I have manipulated with traces of lines and colours which break in to flat areas of muted tone of restrained colours on my canvases I do not intend to produce an " illustration " of things and places. I do, however, mean to exhibit a kind of correspondance between my inner feeling and the outside world around me. Previously, I might have defined my painting " abstract ", now I have found that things are abstract in themselves.

Rama IX Collection

Gift from artist

The Dying Sea, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 200 cm.

The Dying Sea, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 200 cm.

Works


Space, 1970 Oil on paper 100 x 140 cm.

Space, 1970
Oil on paper
100 x 140 cm.

Work, Red, 1974 Oil on canvas 120 x 150 cm.

Work, Red, 1974
Oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm.

Space 1979, No.2, 1979 Oil and acrylic on canvas 150 x 200 cm.

Space 1979, No.2, 1979
Oil and acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm.

Space Poem, 1982 Oil and acrylic on canvas 228 x 61 cm.

Space Poem, 1982
Oil and acrylic on canvas
228 x 61 cm.

Serenity, 1987 Water colour on paper 55 x 76 cm.

Serenity, 1987
Water colour on paper
55 x 76 cm.

Water melody, 1988 Water colour on paper 105 x 170 cm.

Water melody, 1988
Water colour on paper
105 x 170 cm.

Black Cloud, 1993 Mixed media on paper 56 x 76 cm.

Black Cloud, 1993
Mixed media on paper
56 x 76 cm.

Drawing 1, 1996 Oil on canvas 37.5 x 84 cm.

Drawing 1, 1996
Oil on canvas
37.5 x 84 cm.

King of Agriculture, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 50x60cm.

King of Agriculture, 2017
Acrylic on Canvas
50 x 60 cm.

Silkscreen lnk,2017 Acrylic and Charcoal on paper 136 x 174 cm.

Silkscreen lnk, 2017
Acrylic and Charcoal on paper
136 x 174 cm.

The darkness 2,2017 Oil on Canvas 150 x 200 cm.

The darkness 2, 2017
Oil on Canvas
150 x 200 cm.

Rebirth,2017 Oil on Canvas 120 x 90 cm.

Rebirth, 2017
Oil on Canvas
120 x 90 cm.