This is where one of the narrow dalipidated canals empties out into the main river. The living conditions aren’t the best, but you do get free meat from the dogs that float by.

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Here is a Thai woman that was taking her little boat to work in the floating canal one day.

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I was lucky to catch the sun right behind the temple… Sometimes I say that luck is the residue of design. But in this case, it really was pure luck.

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Over the weekend we hung pictures up at the gallery. Everything looks pretty sharp and those of you are coming to the gallery opening should see something a bit different, perhaps. I don’t know… impossible to be objective, but I do know it is different than what is usually shown there at Halcyon.

I’ll be showing about 45 pieces. Here is a sampling of the ones at the show. You will notice the first three are exceptionally pointy.
Dark Storm over Vancouver:

Intricate:

Spires of God:

Farewell Holland:

Fourth on Lake Austin:

This is Nathaniel:

Rush Hour in Seoul:

One Night in Bangkok:

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Here is one of the many Buddhist temple complexes scattered around Thailand. This one has some very nice spires in a cool configuration.

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Here is probably one of the most detailed temples I have ever seen. If you have time, zoom in to see the bigger sizes.

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Here is a bright and gilded temple I came upon in Thailand. These temples are surrounded by scammers that tell you the temple is closed and no tourists are allowed. They try to get you to go to their little store a few blocks away to buy wooden figurines and plastic buddhas to hang from your tuk-tuk mirror.

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The water is disgusting. At one point, I was trying to take a picture of an interesting bit, and there was a big while plastic-bag thing floating into my frame. I was thinking, “Stupid dirty Bangkok!” and then I pulled down the camera to look and it was actually a dead bloated dog.

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…as evidenced by this picture:

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I found this character in the floating market in Thailand. He was weaving through the canal selling coconut milk and wooden elephants. He did not speak a lot of English, but he did have a wide variety of wooden elephants.

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Here is a festively colored area of a Buddhist temple in Thailand.

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A lovely inlet in Bangkok where a delicate scent was wafting from this hot raw sewage that was dumping into the river.

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