ANYONE KNOW AN ARTIST NAMED BONG?

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  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found these 3 paintings today at a local thrift store for only $5 each!
    I tried looking up the artist's name but the Bong I found is a more modern artist.
    Are these by a known artist or souvenir paintings?
    Thanks!

    ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 1AA.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 2AA.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 2AAA.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 3AA.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 3AAA.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 3BAAA.JPG
     
    journeymagazine, Aug 7, 2019
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  2. rink28

    rink28 Well-Known Member

    Look factory to me
     
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  3. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    3rd PAINTING BY BONG
    ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 4AAzz.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 4AAAzz.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 4BAAzz.JPG ART PAINTING BONG A GROUP 5AAzz.JPG
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Souvenirs from Southeast Asia.
     
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  5. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Somehow they don't look really "factory" to me. More like a painter in a different climate, doing paintings of the local scenery, a la those gazillion French artists who captured every aspect of Paris in rain, snow, and wind.

    I would, however, like to know who the three individuals are who are apparently walking on water in #1...
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    The Philippines, I'd think, but could be elsewhere. Don't think factory paintings. Someone brought them back and had them framed so thought worth investing. Can't read exact date but 1980s sometime.

    Debora
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Those three individuals are three individual boats.:)
     
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  8. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Appropriately, Bong liked to paint...water.
     
    aaroncab, Aug 7, 2019
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  9. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    There appear to be a number of Filipino artists named Bong. Must not be an uncommon surname.

    Debora
     
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  10. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    They hit the "Bong" too many times . :)
     
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  11. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    lol, AJ and johnny!
     
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  12. rink28

    rink28 Well-Known Member

    Ok someone who went out and liked to paint in their free time
     
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  13. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I am going to guess 1987 "souvenir" paintings - not badly done.
     
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  14. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    No. Certainly eye catching.

    Debora
     
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  15. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Ah! Actually those people/boats are Squabbits! Note ears!
     
    silverthwait, Aug 8, 2019
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  16. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    "No" what? Do you think them to be older than 1980s? Do you think no one brought these home as a souvenir of their trip?
     
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  17. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Found the 3 "Bong" paintings going through the stacks which led me here - antidiem I think Debora was agreeing with you that they were not badly done?
     
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  18. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    They are not badly done. I still think they are souvenir art, but not factory art. Now that I see them again, I wonder if they are Vietnamese?

    @Debora @journeymagazine
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That's the impression I get too.
    I just noticed I missed a few posts back then.:oops:
     
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  20. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I continue to think they're souvenir paintings from the Philippines. (That's Mayon volcano.) Certainly high impact but also quickly made.

    Debora

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