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(from the blog of Christopher G. Moore)

The terrain of Bangkok nightlife often features in my novels and those of others who set their fiction in the City of Angels. Chris Coles has taken a different route to reach the same end. I find his extraordinary art provocative, disturbing, and insightful into the human condition. If you haven’t heard of Chris Coles or his painting, check out his website: http://www.chriscolesgallery.com   I don’t know anyone else who is capturing the genuine feeling of the street life, the faces of the night, and the sheer colorful madness that outsiders experience the first time they walk into Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy or Patpong.

Below is a recent painting of Soi Cowboy: