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BIRTHPLACE:

serian

BIRTH YEAR:

1958

LIVES IN:

sarawak

WORKS IN:

self employed

ADDRESS:

Borneo,Sarawak, 94200 kuching, CA, Malaysia

REPRESENTING GALLERIES:

Rainforest World Music Festival @ Sarawak Cultural Village

TAGS:

exhibition/performance, cultural-center, gallery, conceptual, figurative, abstract, painting, traditional, publication, surrealism, landscape, realism

> STATEMENT

Born and brought up in a small village deep in the rainforest of Borneo-Kampung Tapang Lebat, and a product of year 1958..I am now living in Kuching Sarawak. I admire the classical and modern artists and indeed anyone that feels that their art needs to be created. Whether my art is seen by many or few, the value of my work is the sense of achievement that I have, conveying my thought feelings to assemble a powerful vibrant outcome.With a very strong influence of the jungle lives during my childhood days, I permanently stored my memories with the wonderful world of the rainforest.Orang Utan is the character to my satire paintings. Music and golf satires of these friendly endangered species are highlighted in my favorite themes.Besides some talent displayed in numerous local art competitions and exhibitions, I do have an idiosyncratic sense of humor. Under the name "Mr.Owat" I used to enliven the pages of the local daily with cartoons, from hilarious to biting. I see bizarre connections between the political scene and jungle life, red in tooth and claw.. "monkey business, aping others, bird-brain, dog-eat-dog,catfight".My current series of Golf Satires is not based on hearsay- I am a lousy golfer myself, currently a 15-handicapper. But I see even my favorite sport from a satirical point of view. The fact that the word "orang" means "person" in Borneo is not lost on an artist who creates a bit of deliberate confusion between the "man of the forest" and the "man of city". This is what makes me depict not people aping monkeys, but orangutan aping man. Well,why not, when serious (human) golfers claim to have seen a "birdie" or an "ëagle" or "hole-in-one" on the links. Mr.Owat sees a hornbill feather in each creation, to make the point that I live in the Land of Hornbills (Sarawak). It floats on a gentle breeze somewhere near the edge of each painting- Just Look For It! Thank you!Quote: If you neglect your art for one day,it will neglect you for two.