Oil acrylic paintings of travel landscapes, places, people, things by Singapore artist, Ong Hwee Yen, an impressionist painter.
Commissions & art teaching available.
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“Painting is my second wanderlust.. breaking me free to realms where my footsteps dare not tread. ” |
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I paint landscapes, scenes, inspired by travels, dreams, in an impressionist style, characterized by strong colours and organic forms, with leanings towards surrealist expressionism and recently, abstractism. As a child, I harboured thoughts of being an artist but given the prevailing typical Singaporean parent sentiment at the time, I went the conventional route and maintained my penchant for creativity, from music composition to travel photography and writing and eventually back to the active exploration of art in 2005. My favourite artists are Cezanne, Edvard Munch, Van Gogh, Chagall and Kandisky, and their post-impressionist modernist influences come through in my artwork.
Largely self-taught, I gained much from attending art workshops and interaction with experienced art practitioners, from studying art history and the journey of masters, learning from their works and techniques. Increasingly, it is everyday life that is the teacher - places, people, things that move me into translating those feelings on canvas - especially in the world now where each day and its littlest things are the essence of life itself to be treasured. |
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Exhibitions 2019 - "ENSEMBLE: coming out into Abstraction" group exhibition - The Arts House 2018 - "DREAMembrance" art exhibition - That Spare Room 2017 - “Artscape” 1st ed – SOTA Gallery 2016 - “Sudah Makan? (Have you eaten?)” group exhibition – Fullerton Hotel 2016 - “Art Apart Fair” 7th ed – Parkroyal Hotel 2015 - “Mosaic” group exhibition – Volvo Art Loft 2014 - “Exchange” group exhibition – MyArtSpace 2012 - “Bridging Cultures” opening exhibition – Rosella Gallery 2012 - “Spain Camino Series” solo exhibition – Bilbao Restaurant 2010 - “Colours with Passion” group exhibition – Tembusu Art Gallery 2010 - “Breakthrough” group exhibition – Fill Your Walls Gallery 2009 - “Alfreso Art Fair” – Clifford Square 2009 - “6 PerspectEVEs” group exhibition – The Art Loft @ Volvo Publication 2011 - “International Contemporary Artists Vol III” – I.C.A. Publishing Education 2018 - Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Western Abstract Painting) |
© Ong Hwee Yen 2005 to-date
