Monthly Archives: August 2020
Chan Aye
Written on August 28, 2020 at 5:07 pm, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? This painting is a collaboration between me and Ko Aung Cheimt. I created the painting and he contributed the text from his poem. When we had a flood disaster in Myanmar in 2015, I sent this painting to an exhibition dedicated to donating the entire sales revenue to flood…
Zwe Yan Naing
Written on August 26, 2020 at 4:25 pm, by Ian Holliday
Why did you choose this painting? When I graduated from art school, I asked myself what kind of artist I wanted to be. As I’m a Myanmar artist, I wanted my paintings to represent Myanmar. I needed a character to represent economic and social images of Myanmar people. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi became my…
Htun Wei Myint
Written on August 21, 2020 at 12:41 pm, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? A photo was published in a book entitled Images of Ancient Myanmar. It was blurry and black-and-white. This painting is based on that photo. I changed the clothes a little. I also put the Shwedagon Pagoda of 2011 in the background. Then there weren’t too many buildings near the…
Zaw Min Thein
Written on August 20, 2020 at 9:58 am, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? The title of this painting is ‘Waiting’. In life you sometimes have nothing to do but wait to go from one place to another. Then you keep waiting. There are also times you can’t do anything else. There are no opportunities. I created this painting from that feeling and…
Zaw Win Pe
Written on August 14, 2020 at 11:29 am, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? Artists were requested to donate paintings for flood victims. So I sent the one I’d just completed to Nawaday Tharlar Gallery. I donated it because it shares a theme with the incident. After I graduated from art school, I started to paint in a realist style. Then, in 2004,…
Yan Naing Tun
Written on August 11, 2020 at 10:31 am, by Ian Holliday
Why did you choose this painting? After I graduated from the University of Culture in 2002, I started to create green paintings. When I was painting monks, I wondered if I would still recognize them if I gave them green robes instead of saffron. Later I used the same colour to paint teashops. We have…
Ye Aung Myat
Written on August 10, 2020 at 10:26 am, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? I graduated from art school in 1997. After that I didn’t have a stable job. Sometimes I drew illustrations and created short comics for Tay Za, Shwe Thwe and Ngwe Tar Yi. Two years later, I got a job through my connection with Orient Gallery. Each day I took…
Myo Pya
Written on August 6, 2020 at 3:49 pm, by Ian Holliday
Why did you choose this painting? This picture depicts female fashion in Yadanapon, Myanmar’s last royal dynasty. I mainly wanted to show that time. There are two women and one child. I always wanted to have a daughter, so I put a girl in the picture. I created this painting because the image of a…
Thu Rein Myaing
Written on August 4, 2020 at 12:54 pm, by Ian Holliday
Why did you create this painting? This is a painting of Pazundaung Creek with Shwedagon Pagoda in the background. Close to Yangon it’s called Pazundaung Creek. But its higher section is called Nga Moe Yeik. I went along that section and painted about five pictures. I think the boats are fishing boats. They’re small motor…
Than Naing
Written on August 1, 2020 at 10:22 am, by Ian Holliday
Why did you choose this painting? I live in Yankin Township, Yangon. While walking near my home, I found this place in Mi Chaung Kan Quarter near Baut Htaw. I took a photo and created this painting. I don’t have a fixed style. If I want to paint, I do. In this painting, I used…