Alongkorn Lauwatthana

Seriously speaking, he is not specialises in Buddhist arts. But some of his works do have some Buddhist elements. See the attached image

http://www.rama9art.org/alongkorn/works.html

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Sompop Budtarad has made more contemporary Buddhist arts. I have collected a few postcards of his works, like this:

http://www.siamese-dream.com/greeting_card...py_of_naga.html

'Traditional Buddhist techniques and symbols merge with a distinctly Western freedom of expression to create an artistic hybrid that is both East and West, past and present.'--Magic Blend mangazine issue 28

His bio is in here:

http://www.iklektik.com/thaiart/sompop/

An exhibition of him:

http://www.rama9art.org/artisan/2001/septe...er/publish.html

This site has some very good Buddhist desktop screens with a few works of Sompop Budtarad, and works of other artists:

http://zen.dvdesign.com/vol_07.shtml

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A few other contemporary Thai Buddhist artists (I also have collected a few postcards of their works):

Songdej Thipthong

http://www.gongdee-japan.com/cw-songdej.htm

http://www.rama9art.org/artisan/2001/may/p...ts/article.html

http://www.ganeshart.com/Songdej/index.html

Pornchai Jaima

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/p/ploykh/

http://www.ganeshart.com/Pornchai/index.html

http://www.bangkokpost.net/chiangmai/peopl...3_people01.html

Panya Vijinthansarn's

http://www.iklektik.com/thaiart/panya/index.htm

Source : http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=41

I'm a fan of Alongkorn Lauwatthana's and Songdej Thipthong's work. I didn't know the others, glad to get those links.

Another favourite of mine is Surasit Saokong, who teaches at Rajamangkala Tech in Chiang Mai. He's famous for his candle-lit scenes of monastic life in Thailand.

Surasit

Last year the Chiang Mai Univ Art & Cultural Hall put on "Thai Spiritual Ties," an excellent exhibition of contemporary Buddhist art by 13 accomplished Thai artists from Northern Thailand and Bangkok.

Let me add the link to the pictures I put up yesterday. They're of temple murals, but VERY different from the usual style. Pretty amazing actually:

http://sukstalker.fotopages.com/?entry=152777

(Same link as I posted in another topic here yesterday)

Cheers,

Chanchao