Phaptawan Suwannakudt's
large-scale mural projects in Buddhist temple halls were usually
executed with water-based emulsion paint applied directly onto interior
plaster walls. Typically, these projects covered hundreds of square
metres. For her murals in other public spaces, such as hotels and
convention halls, Phaptawan employed the same technique but worked
on panels of canvases which were later hung together on large walls.
This method was used to enable the painting to be done simultaneously
as the construction of the building. To undertake these murals,
Phaptawan led and supervised a team of about 10 people. The artist
would create cartoon drawings on tracing paper as master copies,
which the team would then replicate on the walls. Since moving to
Australia in 1996, Phaptawan has been working on her own. She has
begun working with acrylic on canvas and has placed her work into
series' of smaller individual works. |
