The Children

Painting the stories of the people and places we have come to know and love on the journey

The  Snail Seller

In Alan's Journals

Painted on a 9x18" sheet of  140#, CP.

Private Collection




 




Khmer Girl, born a refugee

 In Alan's Journals

Painted on a 9x18" sheet of  140#, CP.
 

Private Collection


 





Khmer Girl, born a refugee 2

 In Alan's Journals

Painted on a 9x18" sheet of  140#, CP.

Private Collection









Khmer Girl, born a refugee 3

 In Alan's Journals

Painted on a 12x12" sheet of  140#, CP.

 Private Collection


 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 There are a variety of vendors on foot pushing carts on the streets of Phnom Penh. This particular vendor was selling snails that are harvested from the many suspicious smelling drainage ditches and ponds in and around the city.






















 This beautiful little girl lives in one of the refugee camps in Thailand along Cambodia's North border. These refugees fled the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia of 30+ years ago and have never returned to Cambodia for fear of the Khmer Rouge who still live in Cambodia.






















Another resident of the  refugee camps in Thailand. Capturing the suspicious willingness in her face was the artistic challenge here.

 

 


















Another resident of the  refugee camps in Thailand. The sense of wonder in her face was what I hoped to convey in this one.