About the artwork
Childlike in appearance, Naidee’s sculptures have a gentle demeanour. With rounded features and a welcoming colour scheme, each careful crease and fold in the sculpture adds personality, introducing a warm and innocent character to viewers. In this particular piece, a sleeping puppy is seen to be comfortably seated in the pockets of the gentle giant, conveying the sense of security it feels around him. This charming work exemplifies the themes of compassion, kindness and empathy, that are often explored in the humanity of Naidee’s work
About the artist
Naidee Changmoh was born in Phrae province, Thailand in 1969. He proceeded to study painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Chiangmai University, graduating in 1993. From there he began to learn techniques to make terracotta pottery at Maungkung Village, Amphur Hangdong in Chiengmai. In 1998, Naidee had his first solo exhibition "Terracotta Sculptures by Naidee Changmoh" at the Gaesorn Plaza in Bangkok. In 2006, he participated in the Clay Alchemy Exchange Artists Program between Thai artists and Australia artists in Melbourne, Australia. In 2009, his work was shown in The Ceramic Road of Southeast Asia at Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, in Taiwan. Naidee has created nine huts which function as an art living space - the Naidee Sculpture Huts for Pattravadi Theatre in Huahin - from the year 2008 until now.