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KIM-LIONG TEO

Lives and works in singapore, singapore
 www.teokl.net
artist contact
 teokl@teokl.net
I paint all types of subject. To me, they’re just the starting point of my painting I find that time constraint, atmosphere and adverse weather conditions can
process, and important only to the degree that they motive my feelings. What produce works with much power and immediacy. To-day, I consider myself a
is important is they way I express myself. As much as possible, I would paint realist, not a naturalist. However, to a certain degree, I’ve recently attempted
from live. By this I mean painting from life models or painting on location to drift away from the real world, and make more changes to it, thus making
from nature. I paint the effects of lights acted upon the colors, curves and my works more nonobjective. I think I’ve seen some encouraging results.
shapes of the human body; I paint the effects on nature, of the sun in the In fact, some critics have said that some of my recent paintings can be
tropics, or of the four-seasons in temperate countries. On location-painting, considered “semi-abstract”, though I’ve yet to agree to that.
‘VenICe’ OF CHInA, 2005 oiL on canvas 21x28 in. / 54x73 cm. TRENDS