#sweetsincerely

“Sneah Sothea - ស្នេហាសុទ្ធា” is the name of this piece. A lot of my Khmer work is inspired by old songs of Sinn Sisamouth or Ros Sereysothea. This just happened to be a lyric from one of their many duets, which I randomly found while searching on Apple iTunes.

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Excuse my poor translation but this lyric roughly says “if the world goes out, let human’s prayers to the gods grant our souls to live so that our love can glimpse the heavens and it will quickly move into the universe.”

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Khmer lyric:

បើលោកនេះអាចរលត់ មនុស្សម្នាបន់ស្រន់ទេវតាសូមជីវ៉ា

ឲ្យរស់ពីរប្រាណ ដើម្បីស្នេហ៏យើងបាន សម្លឹងឃើញសួគ៍ាឋាន

ស្នេហាយើងពីរប្រាណលយលឿនលើចក្រវាឡ

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Acrylic on homemade paper.

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#khmerappreciationmonth

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Today is June 12. National #lovingday which Supreme Court struck down the ban on interracial marriage in the US. It was only 53 years ago.

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“មច្ឆាស្រឡាញ់គង្គា បក្សាបក្សីស្រឡាញ់វេហា” v.2

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White ink on 14”x14” black archival paper.

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#khmerappreciationmonth

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Khmer Zodiac Roundel. Animal year, month, and day.

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#khmerappreciationmonth

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Upclose shot: uncial using Mitchell Pedigree Round Hand 3 at a flat angle with some pen manipulation for the descenders. Winsor & Newton Paynes Gray (professional water colour) and Kuretake liquid gold.

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Champa Battambang is a famous Khmer song from the 60s sung by renown singer Sinn Sisamouth. It translates to frangipani (plumeria) of Battambang which is a metaphor.

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I normally like to keep my work simple but I thought why not add red and gold like the examples I’ve been seeing. I made the Khmer calligraphy predominant but added an English translation in tinted red uncial writing (0° angle). Unfortunately I didn’t give enough bottom padding so if I frame this I would give extra padding at the bottom.

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