Burmese Oils @ Ariyasom Villa

At about the same time that I purchased the Burmese water colours I also managed to get hold of some interesting and evocative Burmese Oils. Composition, colour, texture and technical ability are all good in these. But in the end of the day it is just subjective and you either like them or not.

It is a pleasure being able to go to each room and see all the different paintings that I have collected over the years - mostly I can recall something about them and enjoy seeing them all framed and hung on the walls - before I didn't have enough walls for them all.

Come and see the Burmese art at Ariyasom Villa.

A few watercolours.

Several years ago I acquired  a number of Burmese water colours. Most were painted by an artist from Mandalay with the name of Marlar.  Almost all of these are now up on the walls of Ariyasom Villa Hotel. I believe that most of his scenes are taken from daily life in and around Mandalay. 

The paintings are very evocative of the time I spent in Myanmar and bring back happy memories. I am enclosing a few photos .

I also have a number of oils from Burma and will publish them in the blog shortly. Altogether I think we have about 100 original paintings at Ariyasom Villa  

Kalagas@Ariyasom

We just hung most of our Kalagas - it's a sort of Burmese Tapestry. These are still being amde today but the new ones don't compare with the older ones.

I purchased these from a shop at the Oriental about 12 over years ago. The shop was closing down and offering special prices. We had each piece framed with fabric and they have now been hung in various locations around Ariyasom.

Summer Specials at Na Aroon Restaurant

This month we are featuring some very special Thai dishes - Green Papaya Pad Thai, Kanon Jeen Sao Nam, Ma La Gor Nam Dok and of course Kao Chae. These are very delicious traditional Thai sumer dishes and we hope that you can come and enjoy them with us at our Na Aroon Restaurant

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The New Year

Sorry not to have updated the blog for so long. The Hotel has now been opened for about 5 months and is progressing well. Despite the difficult business environment the Hotel is increasingly busy. The fact that we have a real product to sell makes a big difference.

THE GREENING OF ARIYASOM

The tropical gardens at Ariyasomvilla have taken so well and over the last three months have grown significantly - a combination of good top soil, lots of rain and sunshine have helped the gardens really establish themselves.