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Thorong La Pass, Annapurna Circuit
Despite the weather turning bad on the descent which reduced visibility to less than 10m and transformed my body into a snow covered walking (falling) icicle, Thorong La Pass proved to be an exhausting yet rewarding experience and the highlight of the Annapurna Circuit trek.
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Gone Trekking
Currently in Pokhara, Nepal. Will be leaving tomorrow to trek the Annapurna Circuit. This could take anywhere between 14-22 days and I will not be contactable throughout the trek (although there is a possibility of Internet when I pass through Jomson but not sure). Many apologies if anyone tries to contact me within this time frame, I […]
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Holi Festival of Colour, Kathmandu
Its a colour warzone in Kathmandu. Holi Festival of Colour, the most intense, crazy, ridiculous street festival I have ever been to.
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Thangka Painting in Kathmandu
Arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal three days ago for two months of Himalayan magic. Today I asked a Thangka gallery in Thamel if I could visit their painting school to learn about the techniques and traditions of Thangka. They where more than happy to show and tell and organised for a student and a master painter […]
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Caving Vang Vieng, Laos
Vang Vieng has a terrible reputation as being a hedonistic tourist spot in Laos due to a legacy of drunken tourists drowning whist tubing in the Mekong. I’m not so into drowning so I decided to avoid it by spending several days pretending to be a hardcore explorer scrambling through the many limestone caves. […]
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Topography Painting Series
Another painting in the series I completed as part of my artist residency at Ne’na Contemporary Artspace, Chiang Mai Thailand. Acrylic on canvas, 2 x 3m
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Kong Lo Cave, Laos
Travelling through Laos I find the most satisfying and adventurous form of transport are the tag team local shared tuk tuks which traverse the country. With a fellow traveller I met on a 9 hour local bus journey from Pakse to Thakeak, we walked to a local tuk tuk stand and called out “Kong Lo, Kong […]
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Kingdom of Cambodia
Cambodia has become my new temporary home for the last few weeks. After three months of living in the Thai countryside dedicating all my time to the development of my studio practice, I have successfully spent the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 being as lazy as possible with weeks lying on white […]
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Peace Out
Happy holidays everyone. Here is a new painting I have recently finished as part of my artist residency at Ne’na Contemporary Artspace, Chiang Mai Thailand. Peace out. Acrylic on canvas 2.7 x 2.4m