Ever since he put up his first exhibition during his college years, Jirapat Pitpreecha's prolific career in abstract paintings has been capturing the public's imagination for almost four decades.

Jirapat Pitpreecha was born in 1956 in Trang, a southern province in Thailand near the Andaman Sea. Its beautiful scenery and his early exposure to Chinese traditional art books, which mostly had natural theme, have led him to pursue his interest in water color abstract paintings. In his works, the splendor of the nature is portrayed through the simplification of shapes using precise and swift brush strokes with different intensity of colors.

His first solo exhibition took place in 1984 after completing his Master of Art (Painting) from a university in New York. The exhibition displaying abstract art through water color as the medium was highly acclaimed and was considered quite revolutionary for the thai art scene at the time, where water color was mostly used to portray landscapes or still life.

The success of his first solo exhibition led to another abstract expressionist presentation, "Cityscape", in 1985. Professor Herbert P. Philips from USA praised Jirapat's works in the travelling exhibition "The Integrative Art of Modern Thailand" which travelled to different museums in the States as,

"Recognized as one of Thailand most brilliant colorists , his work has been mostly in abstract expressionism…."
As Pablo Picasso said, "Nature is one, and paintings are another/ I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.", Jirapat's paintings are reflections of his emotional impression upon the external world represented by his choices of colors.

Suchart Sawasdisri, one of the prominent writers in Thailand, once stated that "Jirapat's paintings truly reflect his signature through the swift and resolute brushstrokes soaked in intense colors. He broke free from forms and dimensions, and stepped further to demonstrate his 'impressions of colors'. The individuality of an abstract artist's choice of colors is comparable to a writer's imaginary world. They share similarities in elements while at the same time differ in terms of weight, intensity, tone, and order to 'let the colors create emotions instead of shapes and forms'."

Jirapat's recent paintings in 2009-2010 are inspired by the beauty of urban and natural environment. He captured his impressions of light, colors, time and seasonal changes, which left and traced "color moods" in his memory. This vision was then expressed into spontaneous and fluid works in the same fashion as Gestural Abstract, as evident in his retrospective exhibition – "Inside Images – Images Insight".
The painting "Autumn in Seoul 2009" which is also a part of this exhibition is the artist's interpretation of his lasting inspiration on the autumn scenery in Mount Sorak in Korea. "After the Gold Rush" is another demonstration of Jirapat's captured perception upon a sunrise scene where the sea's serene surface reflects the blazing sunrays as a farewell to the twilight.

Works from "Summer 2010", "The Evening Light", "Cloudscape", "Peaceful Moment" and "Loneliness" portray the artist's nostalgia and memories of the natural phenomena and beauty of time beyond the realistic and natural forms. He went deep into his mind to redefine shapes through formless re-creations that manifest his experiences and perceptions of his surroundings. Whether hot or cold, strong or gentle, windy or calm, all these seasons and atmosphere were translated into personal expressions on canvases.

From the collection "Cityscape" in 1985, some pieces – "Cityscape" and "City Light" are inspired by the night light in urban areas to convey the lively moments through abstract visual elements.

In this exhibition, Jirapat freely expresses his subconscious mind and presents the prompt transformation of the abstract world into concrete works without any premeditated plan. The artist's various experiences are interpreted under his subconscious into ideas and imaginations before gradually forming into specific forms and compositions. He makes the colors sing by painting these beautiful and lively visions.

Gregory Tsontakis Mally, a New York artist and scholar once said in the catalogue of Jirapat's solo exhibition at National Gallery, Bangkok:

"I feel the artwork truly speaks for itself. It is about the beauty that is. I love the adventures, composition, and the knowledge that it is no problem to destroy parts of the painting to get to the new creation. I see the process of paintings. The struggle, the not knowing until it finally becomes visible. This is the stuff of art, all else is just practice."

Jirapat Pitpreecha manifests his state of subconscious and spirituality through his distinctive brushstrokes and colors. Visitors should be open to the aesthetic that is distilled from the artist's accumulated experience in viewing and seeing life and art, and his liberated appreciation of the abstract. This is a journey into the mindscape of endless colors.