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	<description>Pla Keawchoho's blog about being a Thai artist a long way from home</description>
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		<title>Mr. Poy &#8211; The Sweet Artist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally from Korat, Mr. Poy has spent the last ten years living in Khon Kaen in the Northeast of Thailand.  Having grown up in a family of artists, he misses the support and mutual creativity that he shared with his brothers and sisters.  Today he works alone and he is the only artist in his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Creating Art.  Almost.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very long summer and I want to thank those of you who have reached out and said hello.  I am now back in California though and just about ready to get back into doing some art and expanding the site again.
I know the site has been idle for a little while and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my new blog. The goal here is to have fun and let you all know what’s going on in this life of a Thai artist living abroad in America.
Life is very good and with my son back in school and my family moved into a new house, I’m ready to get back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting Portraits. Aargh!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Portrait painting is just so difficult. I really struggle with these. Whereas I can spend 15 minutes on a landscape and get the essence of the subject, I often find myself spending days and weeks to figure out a portrait.
How do you really get the character of the person onto the canvas?
A portrait is meant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art-by-pla.com/blog/painting/painting-portraits-aargh/</link>
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		<title>Elizabeth Stern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to let everyone know about an amazing artist who happens to be my sister-in-law.
It’s funny but when I got married I didn’t realize the artistic talent of my husband’s family. Growing up in my family in Thailand and in Korat I was surrounded by artists. It was a very pleasant surprise to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Onion Garnishes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thai food, unlike Japanese, isn’t really known for fantastic presentation. Sure the ingredients alone often provide a lot of color and contrast, but usually it consists of a mound of rice, some spicy meat and if you’re ordering special maybe a fried egg.
Being someone who loves to have things look good though I pride myself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art-by-pla.com/blog/fruit-vegetable-carving/spring-onion-garnishes/</link>
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		<title>Carving Fruits &amp; Vegetables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carving fruits and vegetables is distinctly Thai. It has been a part of our culinary culture for centuries and it’s something that I love to do. The food doesn’t even have to taste that good, but when it is presented with a bit of art, people immediately applaud.
A great site to learn more about fruit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art-by-pla.com/blog/fruit-vegetable-carving/carving-fruits-vegetables/</link>
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		<title>Fun With Fingers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finger painting isn’t just for kids. I was helping (read: doing) a school project with my son the other day and we decided to get a little dirty and do some hand prints and finger painting.
It got me inspired and so I found a little time the next day and made a small and quick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art-by-pla.com/blog/painting/fun-with-fingers/</link>
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		<title>Designing Table Tops</title>
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I was recently asked to help some friends who own the great LA Thai restaurant Chan Dara. They wanted to turn their table tops into works of art. Because they really liked the way I use colors in a lot of my work they asked me if I could paint a few of their tables.
Furniture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://art-by-pla.com/blog/design/designing-table-tops/</link>
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		<title>Pineapple Carving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Time for some more fun with food carving. This time I’d like to walk through the individual steps for carving a pineapple.
Pineapples are already one of the most beautiful fruits out there. With their crazy skins and rich deep yellow centers, there is nothing like a pineapple. But carving pineapples can not only help to [...]]]></description>
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