Theme
Harbour Teal
The fishing villages and rural countryside are the heart of the catalogue. Fishermen hauling nets, farmers leading buffalo, padi fields and the feeding of ducks recur across decades, painted with a patience that lingers longest on water and light. The 1981 feature that first drew wider attention to his work framed exactly this: a way of life he wanted to record before it disappeared.
He composes these scenes in the studio from memory, using field studies only as a guide, so the villages read as remembered and interpreted. Several titles gathered here are leads still being confirmed; each work carries its own record status.
2009 · Oil on canvas · 42 x 45 cm
The Art Gallery Penang (sold)
Depicts Oil painting of farmers working with a buffalo in a rural field.
1968 · Oil on canvas · 55 x 75 cm
Private collection (sold at auction)
Depicts Oil painting of farmers feeding ducks in a village.
1968 · Oil on canvas · 48 x 58 cm
Private collection (sold at auction)
Depicts Oil painting of a riverside village scene at Sungai Pinang.
1966 · Oil on canvas · 48.5 x 62.5 cm
Private collection (auction)
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village.
2001 · Oil on canvas · 38 x 50 cm
Penang State Art Gallery
Depicts Oil painting of a Malaysian fishing village by the water.
1968 · Oil on canvas · 53.5 x 74 cm
Private collection (sold at auction)
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village at sunset.
1965 · Oil on canvas · 50 x 64 cm
Private collection (sold at auction)
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village in Penang.
1998 · Oil on canvas · 60 x 75 cm
The Art Gallery Penang (listed RM 8,000)
Depicts Oil painting of padi (rice) fields.
2012 · Oil on canvas · 91 x 91 cm (114 x 114 cm framed)
The Art Gallery Penang (sold)
Depicts Oil painting of breaking sea waves.
Image permission pending
c.1981 · Oil
Depicts Oil painting in which a richly detailed tree nearly overpowers a tranquil scene of farmers feeding ducks.
Image permission pending
c.1981 · Oil
Depicts Oil painting of farmers feeding ducks, presented as an image of the working man.
Image permission pending
c.1981 · Watercolour or light study (to confirm)
Depicts Light study of sampans, the small boats found in Malaysian coastal waters.
Image permission pending
c.1981 · Oil
Depicts Oil painting of a fisherman in the surf at sunset.
Image permission pending
2002 · Oil
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village of stilt houses over water.
Image permission pending
1966 · Oil on canvas · Framed approx. 27 x 22.25 in; image approx. 18.5 x 23.23 in
Depicts Oil painting of ducks being fed in a village setting.
Image permission pending
1968 · Oil on canvas · 74 x 55 cm
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village.
Image permission pending
1999 · Oil on canvas · 50 x 45 cm
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village.
Image permission pending
2012 · Oil on canvas · 43 x 46 cm
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village.
Image permission pending
2013 · Oil (to confirm) · approx. 38 x 42 cm
Depicts Oil painting of a fishing village and fishermen in a cubist-leaning style.
Image permission pending
2010 · Oil on canvas · 38 x 48 cm
Depicts Oil painting of a rural morning scene.