Luxury Artists Holidays
Sunrise at Angkor Wat Temple
We had beautiful weather, enthusiastic Art Lovers, an ancient city to explore.
Artists Holidays really don't get better than this.
Fishermen on The Great Tonle Sap Lake.
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Bayon Temple ruins after the rain.
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Sketching at the lake on our first morning...WOW!
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Local Artist's studio and gallery.
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Village Farmers Market
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Water Buffalo enjoying the water
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The lady in pink is 82 her daughter told me.
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Fishing village on the Great Lake
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Some Highlights of our Adventures
Angkor Wat Temple and many surrounding temples are an amazing holiday destination. An artist's holiday you will not forget!
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Amazing Art Holidays have been organizing Artists and Art Lovers Luxury Holidays for over 10 years to destinations in Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.
We offer the opportunity to indulge yourself with your art, be mentored by an inspiring professional artist, rub shoulders with other like minded people wanting to share, learn, relax and enjoy their luxury holiday travel. We have had some wonderful adventures and the 2018 & 2019 Luxury Holidays lived up to our expectations with great weather, a beautiful hotel and enthusiastic artists. |
Luxury rooms, great food and swimming pool our Urban Riverside Resort is only minutes walk to the Old Market area.
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I had a helper who wanted to hold my palette whilst I painted. He was very eager to see how it was done. He had good english skills for such a poor village.
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"What do I do now...?" says Helen.
Afternoon sketching a road side market by the river with our artist Craig Penny.
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Siem Reap township shopping dining and entertainment. A great place to explore what Siem Reap has to offer.
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Angkor Wat Temple is the draw card for visitors to Cambodia and we take full advantage of this beautiful day to sketch this great temple and be taken on a tour of this amazing structure with all it has to offer.
Discovering your future, fortune and luck with monks at Angkor Wat. People still climb the inner tower but it is a long wait and a big steep climb to the top for a short stay.
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Sketching at Ta Prohm. What a beautifully atmospheric temple still in a jungle setting.
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What we bring along with us on a day out painting. These are a simple, light weight that all fit into a back pack or bag.
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This is one of my original photos taken on my first trip to Cambodia in 2005.
I was absolutely amazed to see this wonderful temple.
A lot has changed for the better since that time and the temples are much better managed and protected.
Theam is very talented local artist
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Theam's Gallery studio and gardens
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Traditional musical instruments collection and some of Theam's paintings
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Kompong Phlluk or The Stilted village on the lake. Home to 3 - 5,000 people it is a traditional fishing village close to Siem Reap.
Village supermarket.
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Lunch at the village - fresh fish, veg and soups all cooked in the stilted village house for us.
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Fishermen out on the Great Lake Tonle Sap
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Famous Bayon Temple ruins after the rains.
Sketching in the parklands of Angkor Thom after lunch.
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Elephant rides in the ancient city area and sketched the Bayon Temple.
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One of the famous war generals immortalised in stone by the King of the Khmer Empire.
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The Thing that sparked it off.For us it was when artist Craig Penny and his wife joined us in Siem Reap for 5 days to have a look around with the idea of doing some Painting Holidays based around a longer stay and the famous Angkor Temples of Cambodia.
When Craig & Andrea arrived it had been raining solidly for 5 - 7 days and the township as it was under 1 metre or more of water. Tourism had stopped. We went out touring regardless ... One of our adventures was a short cut down an alley to avoid deep water in the town centre. As we navigated down the road our driver plunged head first into an unseen hole in the road. The 3 of us sitting in a Tuk Tuk behind him were next. We were saved by the local barber and some of his customers who all jumped to rescue us from the flood waters. |
2012 The year of the flood did not deter us.
"Bloody marvellous...!" was Craig's comment about the flood affected journey to the lake and the boat ride on to the Stilted Village. Just getting to the boats was an adventure in itself through the flooded villages and rice paddies. We still love revisiting The Stilted Village on our tours and sharing the stories with our travellers and guests. It's not always flooded and we all seem to have just as much fun exploring the village area when the water is lower. |