Budis studied at Chang Sin College of Fine Art then graduated with a Bachelor degree in Interior design from Rajamongkol Institute of Technology (Pochang) in 1994. He has been involved in interior design since 1997 and continues to paint and make sculptures.
Studying and working in Bangkok for many years, he remembers asking himself "where is the beauty, the great design?" As a student he was learning that the best designers produce great work, involving clear and easy compositions, and he observed that the streets of Bangkok are definitely in contrast to the way we define 'great design work'.
Then one day he had the chance to go right to the top of a tall tower on Silom Road and look out at the city, and he saw laid out below, a structure and beauty to the city which can't be seen from the street. "That inspired me. In my art I try to use lines and colour to add volume to my compositions, to show that there is beauty there if you look more deeply or from a new perspective", he says.
At first glance his paintings appear to be abstract works but if you look more closely, the structure becomes clear: shapes and colours separate into blocks; buildings and streets lead from one picture to the next forming a unique birds eye view of city life, seen away from the distraction and mayhem of the street. "I saw the beauty there and I want to pass that on to others", concludes Budis.
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