Wanvisa Klawklean is an artist based in Bangkok, Thailand, who is devoted to presenting an accurate and aesthetic interpretation of her culture through paintings and drawings. A native of Phuket, Thailand, she often travels outside of Bangkok to teach the fundamentals of painting and drawing to poor children in outlying provinces and villages of Southeast Asia.

Ms. Klawklean has participated in various auctions that have benifitted the Princess Mother’s Medical Volunteer Foundation, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and after submitting her original artwork to a special selection commitee, she was granted permission to assist the Thai Red Cross Society in their annual efforts to raise funds for the needy, through the sale of paintings by local artists. The Wanvisa Klawklean Collection was also showcased at Art exhibition group 20 times.
Ms. Klawklean states,”I don’t concern myself too much with the structured principles of art, I just paint freely. There are some who design their works by following set theories and rules, but I create my paintings based solely on what I’m feeling inside. My art is who I am.”

Artist’s story and Inspiration

My name is Wanvisa Klawklean
I was born in the beautiful island in the South of Thailand, I liked drawing since I was a child. Since I can remember, it was the one thing I could do and enjoy the most. I preferred it over all kinds of toys. It is a recorded book of my life’s journey. Every day I have expressed my feelings through drawings and paintings. When I am sad, happy, lonely, unhappy, I tend to keep it to myself and let out through artworks and I know that my life was destined to choose this path. I was born to it, it is in my mind, that is the power of imagination and dreams. The works, which I create is the expression of my feelings on paper and canvas. My life is not different from other people, being happy and unhappy feeling. So, some of my paintings and drawings convey my emotion at that moment.
When I was a child I remember when I want something, I would think of the angel, I imagined that the angel was with me all the time, she looked at me. The world of the fairies must be both beautiful and dark. It is my refuge and I believe the angels would give me blessings. That is the source of series of my painting called “The Angel”, which is full of imagination and the colors represent my feelings. When I painted, I put my feelings into the image and I felt that the angels would be with me all the time.

Love is beautiful, that is my belief, but in real life, I often met with disappointment. Love caused so much pain and I cannot describe it in words so I let it out on my paintings. I feel released when I paint and I feel like I am talking to my close friends. It made me stronger. After finishing painting, I look at my paintings and think that it is my life. I can only hope that someday I’ll find true love. My paintings about love is filled with hope, prayers, anticipation and waiting. This has been spiritual power that I used to create the series of “The painting with love”.

In the paintings of human bondage, I have created it out of a day when I sat and contemplated. I had a feeling that we human beings are trapped in the bondage of thought, wealth, power, money and much more in the way of the society. It seduces and traps human beings and does not let go. It is very sad that God has given the freedom of thought to human beings but many things on Earth are luring and we got stuck, just like being imprisoned. I was the one who wanted to get away from it. Such feelings were transferred to the series of “Prison’.
The story of my art work is not complicated, it’s just a story of my life, my journey and my experiences.
I have devoted my life to paintings for decades. I have created art works from the inspiration that I have learned from nature and my inner feelings. Learning and training has no end in real-life. We can learn from nature as well as from classrooms. A lot of things are always changing even the wings of a butterfly soaking in the sea water at different time are different. It gives me a chance to see new colors that are not available in textbooks. I can see colors clearly in the night, I can see raindrops falling on the ground in the dark, it helps me see the light and colors of things differently. I spent every day working with my imagination, my paintings, that is what I love to do and very happy to see my work products, and I will do this until the day I die. I hope to leave something to the world after I’m no longer on this earth. I would not live forever but my paintings would represent me and will remain in this world forever.

I am not concerned too much with the structured principles of art, I just paint freely. There are some who design their works by following set theories and rules, but I create my paintings based solely on what I’m feeling inside. My art is who I am.”