http://www.asplashofcolor.net Robert Hagan's Splash Of Color TV Diary Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:45:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en DAY FOURTEEN: Feb. 13. All too soon it’s time to leave Siem Reap and the enchanting temples so we set off on an “interesting” five-hour drive to film street scenes in Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh. The road to Phnom Penh is only just wide enough to cope with two ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/35 DAY THIRTEEN: Feb.12: At last we visit the famous Angkor Wat, largest and most impressive of all the Angkor temples. Angkor Wat was the only temple not engulfed by jungle growth in the four centuries following the collapse of the Angkor empire after losing a battle with Siamese (Thai) forces ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/34 DAY TWELVE: Feb. 11: At the Ta Som gate entrance, with the two monks in position in front of Jayavarman’s enigmatic smile, Robert commenced the painting and at the same time, with a piece-to-camera, he talked about the long and bloody history of the Angkor temples and how ruthless kings ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/33 DAY ELEVEN: Feb 10: With invaluable help from our erudite and multi-lingual  Cambodian guide Mr.That Seng we visited a local monastry for Buddhist monks on what seemed for sure to be a Mission Impossible. Our mission was to try and persuade a couple of the monastry’s monks to come with ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/32 DAY TEN: Feb 9: Robert visits some of the biggest temples in the complex and quickly realizes they will make a difficult subject for the painting he has to make. The problem is that the architectural features of the big temples have been terribly distorted by the ravages of time, ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/31 DAY NINE: Feb 8 : Late last  night we arrived at the friendly and very comfortable Golden Orange Hotel at Siem Reap, the closest city to the Angkor temples, and we were all so dog-tired  the hotel’s large and genial American host Doug Lorber just about had to carry us ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/30 DAY EIGHT: Feb 7 : Last day of shooting for this edition of the show and we’re visiting Bangkok’s famous Floating Market, one of Thailand’s major tourist attractions, and it’s a mind-boggling spectacle. The countless canoe-style crafts, laden with all kinds of meats, fruits and vegetables, clothing items and all ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/29 DAY SEVEN: Feb 6: We drove north towards Bangkok to film the co-called Ancient City, another gift to the people of Thailand by Khun Lek Viriyaphan, who was also the financial benefactor behind The Sanctuary Of Truth project. The Ancient City is a vast collection in miniature of Thailand’s historical ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/28 DAY SIX: Feb 5: Last day of the Sanctuary location shoot and weather again perfect as it has been all week long. We did more exterior work on all sides of the massive Sanctuary building, including several piece-to-camera inserts with Robert. The Sanctuary of Truth Generally, it all went well, but as ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/27 DAY FIVE: Feb 4: Robert set up his easel on the northern end of the Sanctuary Of Truth building and commenced his painting. The sun is quite strong today so he had to have a specially made canopy rigged up over the easel to give him some shade while he ... http://www.asplashofcolor.net/archives/26