One of Sarah's friends hosted a party last night at his posh 29th-floor apartment with an incredible view of the city (drat, forgot my camera). The party was for a New York-based artist in town to show some of his work. I'm not sure if he sold that many at the party, but we all had a good time noshing on homemade Mexican food and swilling wine (I miss wine! It's really expensive here, plus it just doesn't go with spicy Thai food like a cold beer.) Beik (I'm guessing on the spelling) is one of the artists who first taught elephants how to paint in Thailand. Elephant art has become very popular amongst the collector set, some paintings even being auctioned at Christie's in New York for a couple of grand, raising a lot of money for elephant conservation. The piece to the left was painted by an elephant, not the guest of honor at the party last night. Beik joked that he's now jealous of the elephants because they make more money than he does. I would love to link to some of his work also, but it's not online yet.
12.03.2007
Sure Beats the Hell Out of Logging
One of Sarah's friends hosted a party last night at his posh 29th-floor apartment with an incredible view of the city (drat, forgot my camera). The party was for a New York-based artist in town to show some of his work. I'm not sure if he sold that many at the party, but we all had a good time noshing on homemade Mexican food and swilling wine (I miss wine! It's really expensive here, plus it just doesn't go with spicy Thai food like a cold beer.) Beik (I'm guessing on the spelling) is one of the artists who first taught elephants how to paint in Thailand. Elephant art has become very popular amongst the collector set, some paintings even being auctioned at Christie's in New York for a couple of grand, raising a lot of money for elephant conservation. The piece to the left was painted by an elephant, not the guest of honor at the party last night. Beik joked that he's now jealous of the elephants because they make more money than he does. I would love to link to some of his work also, but it's not online yet.
