Play on Cheerfulness by Parinya Tantisuk

The lively, two-dimensional painting created by Parinya Tantisuk is inspired by his experience and surrounding environment, expressed through abstract shapes that are subdued from their realities, fusing them with imagination and composition techniques. 

This uniqueness makes both his semi-abstract and abstract works powerful and outstanding. 

This artist is interested in two dimensional cartoon characters with which he grew up. His artistic practice is inspired by such influence. 

The artist mainly practices hard-edge painting in which he subdues humans, situations and objects and simply fuse them with his imagination and basic forms of visual elements. 

His free shapes are inspired by humans, animals, objects and his personal stories. In subduing these subject matters, he creates abstractness. His imagination produces new and unusual shapes richly disguised with symbolic meanings and details

Though his work takes his favourite childhood cartoon characters as inspiration, its content is popular among the mass. The artist uses adaptation and appropriation techniques in the development of his own work, fusing it with his simple personal experience.

The hard-edge painting is a two dimensional artwork with a particular emphasis on shape and the refusal of realism and dimensionality. This kind of painting is usually completed by using thicker shades on shapes, leaving no traces of brush strokes.

The artist develops the technique that he adapts to tell the picture’s story and to design outstanding characters. 

In addition to painting, the control and the drawing with paintbrushes of small sizes on the frame is not an easy task. The artist employs an additional technique. He uses adhesive tape to demarcate between straight lines.

This technique helps add precision and clear edge line to the painting. 

Meanwhile, curves demand more attention, concentration and carefulness in the process. In addition to content, another outstanding point is sharp edge and smooth texture.

This work tells a story of a birthday party. The techniques of spacing and composition and the use of cheerful colours create a sense of happiness and fun. 

 Because it has no dimension, background and foreground, “lines”, whether straight lines or curves, are variously used to express free movements.

Those table lines in the background create order to chaotic elements in the picture. The light colour of these lines does not create a sense of discomfort. Symbols such as gift boxes and guitars help to explain the story in a direct way.

Hard-edge painting is another popular form. It differs from realist painting that particularly concentrates on dimension and light. 

One of the most interesting elements is the uses of shape, line, clear colour and, most significantly, expression of contemporariness. The artist tells his personal stories and experiences, embedding in his picture with positive energy.