I lived on the island of Phuket in the south of Thailand for 3 months renting a small home and painting every day.  I produced about 7 paintings and also wrote for Expat Life Thailand.  It was good to be in one place for a while after traveling the Thailand countryside for the 1st 3 months of my time there.  The "Going Coconuts" piece was for a magazine so I showed how one can eat and drink the coconut.   With a few of the large close-ups like the Turmeric I began to incorporate some soft pastel into the background.