Image size: 73.5 x 96.5 cm
Tow’s encounter with papermaking in the Philippines in 1985 and the subsequent workshops and residencies that she attended in the United States and Japan led to a shift in her practice towards paper casting, collage and painted abstractions. The paper for A Moonlit Evening out at Sea (handcasted in 1986 and painted in 2011) was cast in 1986) and is part of Tow’s first series of works on paper, the Kelong Series, which is inspired by the contrast of the water against the stakes of the kelong. In 2011, Tow applied acrylic and lustres onto the paper, recalling the undulating moonlight on the surface of the water.Eng Tow was born in Singapore in 1947. She graduated from the Winchester School of Art in Hampshire, with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1972. In 1974, Eng Tow received her Master of Arts from Royal College of Art, London. After graduating, Eng Tow worked as a freelance textile designer in London, and lectured at various institutions including the Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education, Trent Polytechnic, West Surrey College of Art and Goldsmiths College, UK.
