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Translation - MORTAR, PESTLE, AND HAT
The traditional method of processing rice can only be observed in the far flung agricultural areas in Asia. It takes a lot of hard work pounding and cleaning rice. In the old days, when life was much simpler and slower, manual methods was the norm.

I paint visual narratives. I try to create stories with themes that range from the blissful to the brooding. Typically, my compositions are laden with common and personal symbolism. My works seem to have disconnected elements but they are in fact linked in the way that I see them. To the audience, however, they are like puzzles; open to varied personal interpretations. I don’t like to confine myself in a box. Some days I paint social commentaries. Other days I just paint my personal observations of issues that pertain to almost anything under the sun - this can be political, social, environmental, religious, cultural, and even agricultural. I try to paint realities in, out, and of life. Early in my career as a painter, I was mostly...