A tribute in painting

Moynihan held her first exhibition at the bar-cum-gallery last October 2016, just a week before the King passed away. 
She was inspired to paint a series of portraits of the late monarch, working with iconic photographs that for decades have hung in every Buddhist temple, market and Thai household throughout his remarkable 70-year reign. 
“For so many years I loved and admired Thailand’s ‘People’s King’, a catalyst of modern Asia who steered his nation through massive social, economic and political transformations and whose vision and energy made Thailand the most stable and prosperous country in Southeast Asia. When I joined the tens of thousands of Thai citizens at Sanam Luang on October 22, 2016, to sing the royal anthem under the baton of Somtow Sucharitkul, I was profoundly moved by the love and respect the Thai people felt for this great and good man,” she says.
In this official year of mourning, Maura has visited many exhibitions portraying the scope and brilliance of his life and achievements, as Thais pay homage to their gifted sovereign in creative expressions of art, literature and music.
“There is a Tibetan saying that such a leader is as rare as a star in daylight. Farewell, kind Dhamma Raja, we shall not see your like again,” added Maura.
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