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Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.
Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.
Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.
Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.
Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.
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Suthamma Byrne

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Its called Hellfire Pass because the sight of emaciated prisoners labouring at night by fire light was said to resemble a scene from hell. Until then I didn't understand the horrors of war, I do now. I painted Hellfire Pass from memory, a couple of years ago I went on a trip to Kanchanaburi to see the 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and 'hellfire pass'. I didn't want to look at photos of the place I wanted to try and capture how I felt when I was there, feeling it, touching it, a feeling I will never forget. Hellfire pass if you've never been there is cut through a mountain for the Death Railway, it’s littered with memorials and poppies for the people who died there, poppies everywhere, it's a striking place and I don't think anyone could walk through it without shedding a tear or two. There is also a museum but I couldn’t cope in there and had to get some fresh air, I then walked down the pass, in the middle of the cutting there is a tree which has been allowed to grow and it struck me as a great memorial. It is the most haunting place I have ever been to, you almost feel the pain of the men who died there. I’m also very proud that many Thais risked beatings and their life to help where possible those poor souls working on the Death Railway.

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Ta Byrne is a Thai artist who lives and works on the beautiful island of Koh Samui, just off the south coast of Thailand. Her Oil Paintings . are vibrant, eye-catching and packed with a sense of fun and humour. Ta takes humans as her focal point in her Figurative Painting but abstracts these figures by distorting them and using a cartoonish style to create a more humorous feel. While her work is mostly representational, she incorporates Surrealist elements in many of her paintings, making her one of the most exciting artists working in Thailand today. Ta comes from humble beginnings, living out her childhood on the rural outskirts of Bangkok as a farmer's daughter. During her teen years, she worked sewing shirts in a Bangkok sweatshop, and it was during this time that she met an old street artist who invited her to his studio. This sparked her desire to become an artist, and since then, she has gone on to produce Abstract and Cubist paintings that have received international acclaim from art connoisseurs.

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