Buddha Bath

Mahamuni Paya-Mandalay. Every Morning at 4 AM the Gold Covered Buddha effigy gets a thorough cleaning by the Monks. Even his teeth get brushed.

Yangon Map

Indispensable map of Downtown Yangon (Rangoon). Scale is approximate.

A Hell of a Ride: The Gokteik Viaduct.

The Lashio Mail from Mandalay creeps across the Gokteik Viaduct at a snails pace. The Steel structure moans, groans and twists under the weight of the passing train. An unforgettable ride. Built in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Steel co. It enabled the British occupiers to rob the Burmese of their natural resources at a much quicker pace...Today, it's a must do for visitors invading the once secluded land...

Raising of the Craft. Taungyii Balloon Festival. Burma.

After unfolding the Balloon, these dudes run inside and while some guy props it up with a stick, other people come in with torches and start filling it up with Hot Air. The Women in the foreground light the votive candles that will eventually be attached to the sides of balloon in a decorative pattern.

Buddho Fascist Exorcism

Steer Clear of LadyBoys!

These gendernauts coat their deceitful bosoms in a potent goo capable of knocking out an Elephant...thus subdued the victims are unburdened of their a$$et$ before being ceremoniously dumped in the fetid canals... No Thanks for the Mammaries!

Rocket Shield

When a Balloon goes Bonkers and crashes onto the Crowd, you're lucky if one of these shield guys are nearby. They'll take the brunt of the outcoming blasts to protect the public. The Non stop Blitz of the entire payload can last a good 10 minutes!

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Balloon Fest Crash!

An ill timed gust of wind can spell instant Disaster by causing the craft to come crashing down in Flames into the Crowd. Worse even is the entire Payload of explosive Fireworks blasting full force into the spectators. Most years claim a Life, the Deadliest 2001 claimed Seven. Dangerous, but it's a Blast!

Bagan: Planet of 4000 Pagodas!

Click on Pic to enlarge The result of a Building Frenzy that began in the mid 1100's, following conversion to Theravada Buddhism. This lasted for roughly 200 years under a succession of rulers disposing of a steady and willing supply of skilled "Crafts People". Covering an area of 25 sq. miles, the sheer scale of the temple ruins is mind blowing and Beautiful! Droool... Feels like a gigantic abandoned Hollywood film set...CINEMASCOPE... Perched as I am high on a temple ledge I have the spectacle of Sunset all to myself, aaaaahhh... That is until that fast approaching dust cloud reveals itself to be a Tourist bus packed to the gills!

Amulet Market

Room where murders are committed...

Dingy Hovel...

My type of place. Cardboard thin walls and window facing a Gas station...The price is right! Bring your own Padlock

Prisoners of The Buddha Skyscraper

Bodhi Thataung, Monywa. An impressive 33 story tall Golden Buddha! (2nd tallest in the world)

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Baoom fest!

Click on pic to enlarge. My depiction of the Taungyii (Burma) Balloon festival. Hundreds of thousands of people, Man powered ferris wheels, Balloons, Fireworks. Cheap excellent Whiskey. Dubious sanitary conditions. Loads of Fun!

Zombies of Rangoon?

Following the uprisings of 1988 and the Monk uprisings of 2007 and the subsequent brutal crackdowns by the Burmese regime,claiming thousands of victims, the streets of Rangoon were literally running with blood. Since then residents have reported multiple encounters with ghostlike beings, bloody and bearing gaping abdomen wounds wandering the hallways of Rangoon General Hospital as well as locales where the bloodiest clashes took place...

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Balloon Fireworks fest in Taungyii, Burma. On the First Full Moon after the rainy Season Hundreds of ballons loaded with fireworks are launched towards the sky, amazing!

Here are the same " Buddhist Hell" images but Printed. 4-color Pseudo - Process ( DOTS!) on Vinyl Sticker paper.

(click on Pic to enlarge) 4 color print on Vinyl Adhesive Sticker Substrate. 9.5" by 13.5". Signed.

Buddhist Hell Illustrated

Just finished this page design for a new set of "Stinckers" Loosely based on the Thai Buddhist Hell Sculpture Parks in Thailand.

Burmese Daze Cover Art

Burma Cassettes

Apparently Burma never had LPs. The country went straight from 78rpms to Cassettes.
45's and LP's all happened during the "great sleep" era, when the country closed in on itself.
Featured here Myi Aung. one of my faves. As far as I could tell his music is only available in cassettes. Not a CD of him anywhere!