Chiang Mai is the historical capital of the similarly named province, which is positioned in Thailand?s cooler mountainous northern part. The city is crammed with ancient monuments, magnificent temples, bustling markets, colourful hill-tribe peoples and a wide range of enthralling recreational outdoor activities.

Chiang Mai is also where some of the world?s most artistic portrait artists can be found. When strolling around the atmospheric night market you will certainly notice the numerous portrait artists, which usually are busy painting or drawing a brilliant reproduction of one of the pictures given to them by their clients. Chiang Mai portrait painters rank among the globe?s finest!

Visitors to Chiang Mai can see many of these passionate painters scattered all over the area of the night market but the most experienced and talented of them are creating art in the Night Bazaar?s Vieng Ping building.

It is really rewarding observing how precisely they paint or sketch their black and white charcoal pencil portraits, oil colour paintings and pastel colour portrait paintings right on site.

Some of the people that these artists immortalise on canvas or paper include Albert Einstein, David Beckham, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and off course many common persons from all over the world. However, they not solely paint people portraits but animals such as dogs, cats, parrots and horses as well.

You do not need to travel all the way to Chiang Mai buying a magnificent work of lifelike portrait art, as recently a new website has been launched where customers can buy portraits online at very affordable rates.

To buy portraits online is easy. As soon as they?ve received a clear photograph from one of their international customers, the image will be turned into a lifelike black and white charcoal portrait or oil colour on canvas painting at fees three to four times cheaper than those in the US, UK, Europe and Australia, while the portrait?s artistic quality is of similar or even higher standards.