Artworks for Rotary CHARITY Auction by the Renowned Artist Yong Cheng Wah
(March 11th, 2010)The upcoming Rotary CHARITY Auction on the 21st March in the Penang International Property Expo (19 - 21 March 2010) featured some exclusive art paintings by the internationally known Malaysian Artist, Yong Cheng Wah
Yong Cheng Wah, a Malaysian Master artist and son of the renowned late Yong Mun Sen, recognized as the Father of Malaysian Artists has generously agreed to put up a select few of his Paintings from the Mun Sen Art Gallery.
Cheng Wah has participated in numerous exhibitions in Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and India and has won a number of prestigious prizes for art. His paintings have been exhibited in Art Galleries in Hongkong, Canberra, Honolulu, USA and Singapore . And are displayed in Museums in Brunei, Singapore, USA and Malaysia.
He has participated in the conception and development of fine art in Malaysia. Yong’s Oil paintings are impressive and carry a fervent confirmation of his ability to manipulate the medium with his special technique. Cheng Wah is as at home with mordernity as with local cultural settings and far- removed areas of his home country.
Yong’s paintings are collectibles and of great value especially as he has since 2004 retired from painting to concentrate on other interests in his life. In hs limited collections featured in the Rotary Charity Auction, further details are revealed here as follow.
Paintings, Oil on canvass:
1. Along the Foothills (circa 2002)
A painting that conveys pastoral drama, the positioning of a few human figures, and buildings in the distance gives an impression of dimensionality. The style is quite modern and creative not forgetting the abstract nature of these works.
2. Kadazan Family (circa 2003)
Family is a relatively figurative artwork. Rendered in deep blue,sienna, and black, a major portion of the work involves dark hues while cream overtones gently pacify the intensity of the concentrated darker shades. The artist’s strokes are short and long. Together, both colour and brushwork depict a rather solemn and dreary world in which this family abides.
3. Always together (Circa 2002)
Energy and Drama is observed through the zealous use of striking orange hues dominating the subject alongside browns and yellows which necessarily placate the intensity of the works. Here Human activity is complacent and restrained and reflects the emotion of the theme..
Water Colour on different media:
Water colour is a surprisingly versatile medium more protean then its slight physique promises. In these paintings offered Cheng Wah exploits a small but very real invention within it that could perhaps only come out of the cultural collusion of East and West.
1. Abstract – Melancholy (circa, 2000)
This painting not only exemplifies the above but is also shows the Artist melodramatic approach to the subject. The style is quite modern and creative not forgetting the abstract nature of these works.
2. Waiting for Dad (circa 2001)
A piece from the Artist favourite collection . A very difficult technique to use especially on rice paper.
3. Water Colour – Fishing Village (Circa -)
This painting depicts the artist’s keen attachment to native and indigenous themes. These paintings were made during his time spent among the aboriginals in the mountain ranges of Pahang examining their way of life.
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