Frame size: H125.5 x W156 x D3.5 cm
Born in 1959 in Singapore, Angeline Choo Ai Loon (daughter of artist Choo Keng Kwang) graduated in 1980 from Singapore’s Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Followed by multiple accolades, in 1982 Choo was commissioned to create orchid paintings for presentation by the Singapore government during the 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.Although best known for her realistic renditions of orchids in oil and watercolour, Choo illustrates here that a subject matter of interest can also be found outside of nature. What can be read foremost as a patriotic painting, not only suggested by its title and local imagery but also by the biblical shafts of sunlight bursting through the clouds, does not detract from Choo’s playful grid-like pictorial composition consisting of vertical and horizontal repetition. Rather than present the viewer with a postcard impression, Choo has cropped the image to emphasise line, form and colour, creating an arrangement of stacked blocks.