ART IN SOMTOW’S HOUSE

Somtow’s house is full of art.  Some of it is valuable stuff by big name artists; some of it is fake Chinese copies of things; some of it is just “stuff Somtow likes” that has somehow accreted itself into Somtow’s home.  In this page, Somtow wants to share a few of the objets d’art that are hanging or lying around.  There are hundreds of them — on walls, stuffed into closets — so this is just a random sampling.

THE LITTLE PRINCE by Phillip GLadstone

Somtow’s an avid collector of Gladstone's work and has around a dozen pieces.

PINK VAN GOGH by MIKEY JIRAROS

One of Mikey’s earliest oil paintings done when he was about 16 and first moved into Somtow’s house.

a rangda from bali

Somtow's mother brought this painting down from Bali.

RENE CAPONE

This painting by Rene Capone is in Somtow's hallway....

FELIS VAN GOGH

A huge painting Somtow bought for $1 on ebay.

JIRAPAT'S ELVIS

Jirapat is the only Thai painter to make it into Thames & Hudson's 100 World's Best Contemporary Artists book ... so it's an amazing investment to have acquired this painting of a giant Elvis being contemplated by a little angel

CHAGALL

This is a signed lithograph.  No paperwork, so signature could be fake  Love Chagall though.  Have at least a dozen scattered through the house.