IN YOUR HANDS

Just as a bird's life is in the hands of the hunter, the environment is in our hands.

A choice is presented to us.

Release or destroy.

Everything is hanging by a thread...

Growing up in the jungle in the early 2000s, life was tough.
“We were far from the market, far from the pagoda, far from the school. When I went to school, I had to walk through the jungle for an hour and a half. And there was no school building. Nous avons appris sous les arbres."

Luckily, he was taken care of and educated at the Phare association where he received artistic education. After graduating, as the eldest of five children, he went to Siem Reap, the big city near the Angkor temples, to work in the markets to send money home to his family. But when Channy visited his family after a long absence, he found that there was no longer any trace of the jungle in or around his village: gone was the environment of trees and birds that brought him peace. peace when he was growing up. So Channy decided to paint. "I wanted to talk about the jungle... so that everyone tries to take care of the jungle and the animals as we take care of ourselves to be healthy and alive"