When it comes to Thai artists and galleries, Phuket is the place to be.
Here you will find a thriving community of Thai artists boasting some of the best oil and acrylic paintings from Thailand’s best artists beautifully displayed amidst the masses of Phuket galleries spanning the island.
Thai Paintings
Thai paintings began purely as a religious form of expression depicting Buddhist mythology within some simply spectacular murals. Over the years Thai artists in Phuket widened their creative outlook reflecting Thai culture, capturing the simple Asian village life of the north up to the present day where you will now find a huge variety of styles from Renaissance period to the Impressionist to Abstract and modern art eras.
Thai Art Reproductions
If you’ve spent some time in Thailand then you’ve probably noticed that Thai people are outstanding at recreating and duplicating anything and everything and Thai artists are no exception to that rule. As well as some truly mesmerizing original Thai artwork, some stunning hand painted oil on canvas reproductions of the great paintings of past years have also found common place in Thai art shops and galleries displaying the likes of Van Gogh, Monet, Hopper, Warhol, Klimt, Gauguin, and more. So if you are looking for a specific painting but can’t find it anywhere then don’t worry reproductions can be made to order with professional custom framing to match.
