tendril, leaf, fruit, & flowers 2026
Aaliyah Uy
Long Beach, CA
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
@goodjobliyah

It seems that if one is Cambodian, they may naturally know how to contort their hands. If they are lucky, they are put into Khmer royal ballet. Shown are 5 hand gestures (mudras/kbach), the tendril, leaf, fruit, flower, and picking the flower.
This chart is set in the present day of Cambodian Americans who live in Long Beach and the Greater Los Angeles, hands with long feminine nails and highly accessorized with gold jewelry, adjacent to Angkorian apsara dancers.