I was born on April 1} 1982 at 6:00 PM. (my mother told me the time of my birth) at Public Sanitation Centre, Tungkhai, in Trang Province.
In my childhood, I lived with my father, mother, grandfather, one brother and two sisters. There are seven persons in my family.
I am the second of my family. My house has been located at Tungkrabue, Yantakhao, in Trang Province (Thailand).
My father and mother are agriculturalists. My parents taught me a lot of things such as working, doing the job, enduring, struggling and attempting.
When I was a child, my family was poor.
When I was 5 years old, I started studying at Wattanasuksa School. Then I moved to study at Bankuaninthaninngarm which was far from my house about 200 kilometers when I was in Prathom 2. Here was the first place where I could touch “art” and opened my opportunities to learn art .
At that time my school supported the students who were good at art to be representatives of school to have district competitions. And I was one of five representatives of school to complete drawing.
That was the first proud of me and my family. I was the second for the competition. My rewards were pencils and drawing equipments tools. But it was my first time for getting admiration and acceptance from the people. I started looking at my art directions when I was 9 years old.
Then I had been continuing drawing, I drew everything I liked or could on the paper. When I studied in primary school, I spent most of my time drawing pictures in my free time. However I often drew during studying in class. Now my school stopped supporting students to have drawing competition after it had supported only two times.
In 1993 I studied in Matayom 1 at Yantakhao Ratchanupatham which was located in the district and far from my house about 3 kilometres.
Here my drawing was more serious and cleaver. I did not miss to choose to study drawing for the subjects that students could choose freely. However I had to study the fundamental curriculum for Matayom 1 too.
In prathom 1 – 3 I often had opportunities to be representatives of school to have drawing competitions for the province. And now drawing was not only my hobby but it was one part of my life.
In the end of my Matayom 3, I had my educational direction clearly. I planned to study at Handicraft of Art College in Nakornsrithamarat because it was the famous art school in the south of Thailand to produce excellent artists. I hoped to collect my art knowledge here.
I started staying alone when I was 14 years old.
“ I think it is exciting for the first time to leave from my family and have to stay alone myself”.
I was nervous with my changing life but later it could pass well. Here I had many excellent art friends. I felt close with art. Everything was art. My life was full of art such as studying, working, friends, and teachers.
I graduated in Vocational Education for three years with art skill and this college emphasized on art skill.
In 2001 I was very lucky to pass an examination at Poh-chang. It is the famous art school in Bangkok.
The school in the capital of Thailand like Bangkok was very wide for me. I learnt the unknown both in the art and life. I understood what I had asked many questions. It really had differences. At Poh-chang my life was in another world with fresh and new experiences in art. I got the export professors to give me advice for the art. I started searching myself for my own art character.
“ How can I create my own art characters? ”
I been spending 5 years studying, analyzing, testing, considering and creating for my own drawing character until I had an idea.
“ Buddhism is the part of Hinayana sect which established in Eastern Asia”
I grabbed Buddhism which is my religion. The religion teacher me about studying, humans, thamma and wisdom. I respect and believe in Buddhism.
“ Human and Lotus are the symbols that I have used in my art work.” Human is the wise animal with the feelings of love, selfishness, anger, affection, need and fear.
Lotus is the symbol of wisdom and knowledge in Buddhism.
I interpreted the principle of Buddhism with the belief that showed Tailuck ; tukkhang, Anitjang, Anatta. The wise people can understand the truth of cause and result that happens, continues and ends.
At present I graduated from Poh-chang 4 years ago. I have been an artist as a freelance. I have experienced in art for 16 years since. I was a child at school. Now I am 27 years old with aging experiences for the art knowledge and my own characteristic form of art.
“ I cannot lead my own future but I will do my best for my work. When my work is exposed, the people themselves will judge it”.
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