Men With Plants IV
A group exhibition with a botanical theme. Exhibiting artists are:
Esther Geh is a Penang-born artist, predominantly painting botanical subjects in watercolour. The attention to detail required in her previous career as an anaesthetist, coupled with her love for nature, has been instrumental in the development of her personal style of botanical art. Esther’s main area of interest is in the flora of Malaysia, particularly in plants of cultural, social and ecological significance.
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gehesther Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/esther.geh
A Malaysian Garden by Esther Geh
This body of work is a collection of plants that may be found in many gardens in Malaysia. As in most of our gardens, these include plants that are both ornamental and of culinary use, and is also a reflection of Malaysia’s diverse botanical heritage. Walk through the exhibition with Esther: 11th October Sunday 11am onwards/ 16th October Friday 11am – 2pm
To learn more about the Botanical Painting Workshop with Esther Geh, click here.
Born in Malaysia to an English father and Chinese mother, Philip Hemnell has always been influenced by both distinct cultures. Philip has worked primarily in finance for the last thirty years with excursions into filmmaking, computer animation and the arts. Living in Singapore, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Vietnam Philip is now back living and producing Art in Tanjong Bungah Penang. Throughout, Philip has remained committed to art both as a collector and a practicing multidisciplinary painter & print maker. Philip has been heaving influenced by Pop Art and Street Art and his paintings and collection reflect this. Philip’s artwork is in both personal and corporate collections around the world, from Los Angeles and New York to Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
Instagram: artisticphilip
Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/144554214@N08/
Philip’s body of work for this show are Cyanotypes. Cyanotypes are an alternative photographic printing process that produces a Cyan-blue print when exposed in Sunlight. The images are produced using local foliage and flowers collected from Fuan Wong’s and Philip’s own Garden. Included in the cyanotypes are animals indigenous to Malaysia and images of my cats applied to the images via negatives. The Cyanotypes are then individually hand painted with watercolors and oil based colored pencils. Walk through the exhibition with Philip: 11th October -Afternoon, 17th October Saturday 11am
For information about his workshop on cyanotypes click here.
Fuan Wong was born in Penang in 1959, and in 1985 he embarked on a long and serious love affair with glass. Deeply influenced by Jungian philosophy and the mystic aspects of Christianity,Hinduism and Buddhism,he sought a way of expression that would do justice to his artistic and philosophic tendencies,which he finally found in glass. This necessitated a long,and sometimes arduous,voyage into the complex technicalities of the material,a voyage made no easier by the fact that he had to be self-taught. His other great passion is nature and horticulture-his father was an orchid hybridist and breeder of some distinction,and is the only man in the history of orchid hybridizing on record as having won two of the coveted Holttum medals fron the Orchid Society of South East Asia.
He has three bodies of work in the exhibition: 1) The Window series, in mono 2)F lorals 3) Peranakan Colours. Walk through with the artist: 16th October Friday 11am, 18th October Sunday 11am
Mein Kuok Cheah
Born 1988, affectionately known as MK, he has been apprentice to the glass artist Fuan Wong for the last 3 years. Originally a fish and reptile breeding enthusiast, from his university days,the realization set in that playing with the genetic material of leopard geckos and ball pythons was just another facet of creativity. His current work, Caladium Jungle, is exploring the connective realities between colour and space and freezing the results in a the medium of glass. Walk through with the artist: 16th October Friday 11am, 18th October Sunday 11am
Howard Tan, born in 1974 in Penang, Malaysia, is a self-taught photographer and collage artist whose journey into the arts has been informed by both personal passion and the rich environment of his hometown. Although his early aspirations were rooted in becoming an artist, Tan initially pursued a degree in computer science, seeking a conventional career. However, after a few unfulfilling years in the tech industry, he rediscovered his love for photography—a passion that had been quietly nurtured through the thousands of films he had watched over the years. This cinematic influence became a foundation for his creative vision, driving him to explore photography as a means of self- expression and storytelling. Walk Through with the artist: 17th October Saturday 11am
Ch’ng Kiah Kiean Born, educated, and based in Penang, the historic city of George Town serves as the soulful core of his
artistic inspiration. A graduate in Architecture from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Ch’ng previously worked as a graphic designer before dedicating himself fully to his practice as a professional artist. In 2009, he joined the global Urban Sketchers community and co-founded Urban Sketchers Penang in 2010. Since then, he has been actively involved in international sketching workshops, sharing his unique line aesthetics and pedagogical
approach worldwide. His published sketch collections include Sketches of Pulo Pinang (2009) and Line-line Journey (2011).
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Website: www.kiahkiean.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kiahkiean.chng
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kiahkiean/
Walk throughs with the artist: 24th Saturday 2pm-5pm
Rebecca Duckett-Wilkinson is a Malaysian artist & textile designer working with paint and paper. Well known for her clothing brand ‘Owen Rebecca Designs’ early in her art & design career, Rebecca paints dreamscapes and visual memories that give a sense of place, always influenced by a love for flora & fauna. These images fill her thoughts, especially after journeys and travel. Colour, pattern and textures feature in all her nature inspired paintings. Rebecca works between Pangkor & Penang in Malaysia, and Piemonte, Italy.
She will exhibit a selection of works of ongoing botanical studies, paintings & patterns, and ‘Book of leaves’, a hanging mobile with drawings & paintings in a vintage album. Walk through with the artist: 24th October Saturday 2pm-5pm
Website: www.rebeccaduckett.com
Instagram: @atravellingartistsdiary
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/RebeccaDuckettWilkinsonArt
For information on her workshop on printing with botanicals click here.
Two of the artists, Thomas Powell and Fuan Wong, will be onsite to welcome visitors and chat about their art on Sunday October 18th 12pm to 5pm.