작품 상세

Veteran artist Chia Hoy Sai has been creating paintings of local fruits for the past 40 years. Executed on smoothly primed canvas, Gathering is a fine example of still life that illustrates with realism the arrangement of freshly picked fruits. The assortment of gently arranged coconut and starfruits in sumptuous colours of yellow and green represent the abundance of the tropics. The artist’s skilful technique in the use of light to emphasize the surface texture of the fruits is demonstrated in this work. This Selangor born painter is a devoted traveller. He received his art education in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. In 2000, he travelled to Sarawak whilst being impressed by the cultural diversity and Indigenous people of Sarawak. Living nomadly inspired him to do people’s portraits as a subject matter. In 2009, he had a touring show titled The Differing Faces of South East Asia — Touring Exhibition of Chia Hoy Sai’s Artworks which started its journey at SGM Culture Centres in Klang, throughout the east coast, north continents and Kuala Lumpur. The artist's latest exhibition was held at Pinkguy Gallery in March 2022 titled Harvest, featuring his early works of tropical fruits and recent works of portraits of men and women in traditional attires.