Colorful blooms in a deadly desert flower thriving in Southeast Asia inspire artists.

"LOVE bit me," Indiana said in 2014. "It was a marvelous idea, but it was also a terrible mistake. It became too popular; it became too popular. And there are people who don't like popularity. It's much better to be exclusive and remote. That's why I'm on an island off the coast of Maine, you see." -- Robert Indiana

A recent article in the South China Post on Economics in Asia’s party capital Bangkok caught my attention as it touched upon the broader topic of economics and social realism — a subject which is the focus of my paintings.