Romantic Painting of a Couple in Ancient Thai Temple Style, "Flirting"

Offering a kee yo — a tobacco cigarette prepared with mentholated tamarind peel — to a modest young woman, a young man gazes at her with his heart in his eyes. She doesn't meet his eyes as she considers his gift in this delightful painting by Pathawee. He details the clothing and hair styles of yesteryear in Northern Thailand, basing his portrait on temple paintings from Phra Sing Temple in Chiang Mai. The gentleman's ornate leg tattoos are a traditional form of masculine body art.