Solo3 - TRAILS : Artist's Statement
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Trails, part of my visual diary over the past 10 years, are the trails of my artistic journey.
I am enthralled by the beauty of Nature, may it be the blazing clouds in the sunset, the roaring waves over the sea, splashing wind, soaring mountains, flowers… that have always inspired me in art making. Nature too has enlivened my palette in the use of colours. My intent is to capture the essence of the subject matter and visualise it with my own lens. Usually, I would lay down the first wash in acrylic. Then, working intuitively, building up layers and textures. By going beyond the usual representations to create abstract images, I learn to embrace spontaneity and see the beauty in imperfections. Abstraction infuses open dialogue and space for imagination. To me, every piece of creation is an emotional response and presents a challenge in decision-making. Through my work, I hope to share the love of our Mother Nature with the appreciation of art. Do cherish for a better world and always take care of our environment and ecosystems. Siew Lee March 2022 |
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TRAILS Aim
In Trails, Wong Siew Lee presents her artworks as an Online Solo Exhibition on two different platforms, with five pieces of works on-site at g-Dental Clinic and 21 pieces of works, in nine units, online.
These works were completed over 10 years from 2010 to 2020. This exhibition tracks the transition of Siew Lee’s practice over the years of exploring a passion for art, her observational and exploratory way of “abstract and re-interpret”. Siew Lee’s work is an intimate dialogue with Nature. Based in the city of Petaling Jaya. For her, seeing nature is a way out to feel a sense of freshness from the mundane concrete jungle.
Part of the proceeds of the sale of this exhibition shall contribute to Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC), a tribute to Nature conservation in Malaysia. This body of 26 works are paintings on canvas, in oil and acrylic. Which paintings entitled Cameron, My Landscape, Distant Trail, Traversing Trek, and Changing Horizon are matrices of small canvases in triptych and quadriptych.
These works were completed over 10 years from 2010 to 2020. This exhibition tracks the transition of Siew Lee’s practice over the years of exploring a passion for art, her observational and exploratory way of “abstract and re-interpret”. Siew Lee’s work is an intimate dialogue with Nature. Based in the city of Petaling Jaya. For her, seeing nature is a way out to feel a sense of freshness from the mundane concrete jungle.
Part of the proceeds of the sale of this exhibition shall contribute to Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC), a tribute to Nature conservation in Malaysia. This body of 26 works are paintings on canvas, in oil and acrylic. Which paintings entitled Cameron, My Landscape, Distant Trail, Traversing Trek, and Changing Horizon are matrices of small canvases in triptych and quadriptych.
Framed Artworks
Kelip-Kelip Kuala SelangorYear: 2010
Size: 61cm x 92cm Material: Mixed Media Remarks: Framed |
BloomsYear: 2013
Size: 68cm x 136cm Material: Oil & Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: Framed |
OnenessYear: 2014
Size:92cm x 122cm Material: Oil on Canvas Remarks: Framed |
EmergingYear: 2014
Size: 61cm x 61cm Material: Oil & Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: Framed |
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Riding The WaveYear: 2018
Size: 61cm x 61cm Material: Oil on Canvas Remarks: Framed |
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Single Painting without Frame
Ode To Bunga RayaYear: 2020
Size: 60cm x 80cm Material: Oil & Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: - |
Greeting The SpringYear: 2019
Size: 60cm x 80cm Material: Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: - |
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Batter in the TorrentYear:2018
Size :61 cm X 61 cm Medium:Acrylic on Canvas |
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Tango With CoronaYear: 2020
Size: 136cm x 68cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: - |
Wind and WaterYear: 2019
Size: 80 x 120 Material: Acrylic on Canvas Remarks: Triptych |
Triptych
Distant TrailYear: 2014
Size: Distant Trail #1 - 30 cm x 30 cm Distant Trail #2 - 30 cm x 30 cm Distant Trail #3 - 30 cm x 30 cm Material: Silkscreen, acrylic & oil on canvas Remarks: Triptych |
My LandscapeYear: 2014
Size: My Landscape #1 - 30 cm x 30 cm My Landscape #2 - 30 cm x 30 cm My Landscape #3 - 30 cm x 30 cm Material: My Landscape #1 and #2 - Oil on Canvas My Landscape #3 - Silkscreen and Oil on Canvas Remarks: Triptych |
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Traversing TrekYear: 2012
Size: Traversing Trek #1 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Traversing Trek #2 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Traversing Trek #3 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Material: Oil on Canvas Remarks: Triptych |
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Quadriptych
CameronYear: 2011
Size: Cameron #1 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Cameron #2 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Cameron #3 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Cameron #4 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Material: Oil on Canvas Remarks: Quadriptych |
Changing HorizonYear: 2012
Size: Changing Horizon #1 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Changing Horizon #2 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Changing Horizon #3 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Changing Horizon #4 - 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm Material: Oil on Canvas Remarks: Quadriptych |
About The Artist - Wong Siew Lee
VISUAL EXPRESSION WITH AN OPEN MIND
Abstract art is free-form jazz rendered in colour. It gives me the freedom to imagine and create and turns my senses on. My modern art knows no bounds, there is no limit. In the process of painting I learn to let go, simplify, make decisions and open up to different options. The very act of painting is, for me, a microcosm of life!
-- Wong Siew Lee, 2014
Believing in the freedom to express and art as experience (John Dewey,1934), Wong Siew Lee’s works are reflections of the natural world from an artistic mind. The context of her art is her daily life experiences and time spent in quiet contemplation. To her, every piece of art is part of a dialogue created to communicate and express. That it may be found to be aesthetically pleasing is an additional pleasure.
Siew Lee’s first series of abstract art, The Play Series, 2006, kickstarted her journey into modern art. Play to overcome fear of making mistakes. Play to be bold. Play to let go, to push beyond the boundaries and to let the imagination take hold.
The Mind and Matter Series, 2008, her second series of abstract paintings, was inspired by Buddhist philosophy expressed in a contemporary context. She thinks creating art is merely a state of mind. The resultant paintings are reflections of her mindscape of those moments in time.
Siew Lee is currently working on a new series, The Four Elements, 2014, of Earth, Water, Fire and Air. This series denotes the solidity, cohesion, heat and movement of natural existence. She would like to raise awareness of the equilibrium of the four elements in the natural phenomenon of existence. Her message is that we should not disrupt nature, for example the vast area of bio-diverse rainforest that has given way to mono-culture oil palm plantations. Every natural element has a purpose.
Siew Lee holds an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts majoring in printmaking. Her representative monoprints work, Connected Variations Series, 2012, was created by intersecting different methods of printmaking, namely relief, intaglio, silk-screen, chin colle and collagraphy by overlapping the printing techniques. Exploring the depth and breadth of mixed media, to her, was an exciting and fulfilling experimental artistic experience.
Her prints have travelled afar and have been collected by the Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan; the National Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and the Municipal Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland, as well as being collected in Korea, Macao, China and the United Kingdom. Back home, The National Visual Art Gallery has collected her six-piece woodcut prints, The Reformasi Series (2001/2005). In this series she used thick indelible ink and bold strokes to show the power of physical and emotive expression.
Siew Lee’s early works have been recognized in open competitions. Her etching print entitled We Are One was selected as one of the finalists at 2012 Penang Art Open “Business as Un-Usual”. Siew Lee also won the Consolation Prize at the 2004 Johore Historical Buildings Drawing Competition with a woodcut print entitled Two Faces of Sultan Abdul Bakar Mosque; the Jury Award in 2003 National Art Gallery SAKSI (Suatu Apresiasi Kisah Sejarah melalui Seni) Art Competition with an etching print entitled Letters from Borneo; and Third Prize in 2002 Tanjung Heritage Art Competition with a drypoint print entitled Wayang Kulit.
While printmaking remains her primary outlet on her personal journey of visual expression she also demonstrates her artistic passion in contemporary paintings.
Wong Siew Lee is presently a Resident Artist of the University of Malaya.
Abstract art is free-form jazz rendered in colour. It gives me the freedom to imagine and create and turns my senses on. My modern art knows no bounds, there is no limit. In the process of painting I learn to let go, simplify, make decisions and open up to different options. The very act of painting is, for me, a microcosm of life!
-- Wong Siew Lee, 2014
Believing in the freedom to express and art as experience (John Dewey,1934), Wong Siew Lee’s works are reflections of the natural world from an artistic mind. The context of her art is her daily life experiences and time spent in quiet contemplation. To her, every piece of art is part of a dialogue created to communicate and express. That it may be found to be aesthetically pleasing is an additional pleasure.
Siew Lee’s first series of abstract art, The Play Series, 2006, kickstarted her journey into modern art. Play to overcome fear of making mistakes. Play to be bold. Play to let go, to push beyond the boundaries and to let the imagination take hold.
The Mind and Matter Series, 2008, her second series of abstract paintings, was inspired by Buddhist philosophy expressed in a contemporary context. She thinks creating art is merely a state of mind. The resultant paintings are reflections of her mindscape of those moments in time.
Siew Lee is currently working on a new series, The Four Elements, 2014, of Earth, Water, Fire and Air. This series denotes the solidity, cohesion, heat and movement of natural existence. She would like to raise awareness of the equilibrium of the four elements in the natural phenomenon of existence. Her message is that we should not disrupt nature, for example the vast area of bio-diverse rainforest that has given way to mono-culture oil palm plantations. Every natural element has a purpose.
Siew Lee holds an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts majoring in printmaking. Her representative monoprints work, Connected Variations Series, 2012, was created by intersecting different methods of printmaking, namely relief, intaglio, silk-screen, chin colle and collagraphy by overlapping the printing techniques. Exploring the depth and breadth of mixed media, to her, was an exciting and fulfilling experimental artistic experience.
Her prints have travelled afar and have been collected by the Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan; the National Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and the Municipal Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland, as well as being collected in Korea, Macao, China and the United Kingdom. Back home, The National Visual Art Gallery has collected her six-piece woodcut prints, The Reformasi Series (2001/2005). In this series she used thick indelible ink and bold strokes to show the power of physical and emotive expression.
Siew Lee’s early works have been recognized in open competitions. Her etching print entitled We Are One was selected as one of the finalists at 2012 Penang Art Open “Business as Un-Usual”. Siew Lee also won the Consolation Prize at the 2004 Johore Historical Buildings Drawing Competition with a woodcut print entitled Two Faces of Sultan Abdul Bakar Mosque; the Jury Award in 2003 National Art Gallery SAKSI (Suatu Apresiasi Kisah Sejarah melalui Seni) Art Competition with an etching print entitled Letters from Borneo; and Third Prize in 2002 Tanjung Heritage Art Competition with a drypoint print entitled Wayang Kulit.
While printmaking remains her primary outlet on her personal journey of visual expression she also demonstrates her artistic passion in contemporary paintings.
Wong Siew Lee is presently a Resident Artist of the University of Malaya.
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