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Tia Kee Woon 易其文, 1964 | Watercolour Cityscape painter

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Tia Kee Woon is an artist from Singapore. He is famous through his technique of watercolor painting in acrylic environment. His painting style is very light and radiant, where the watercolors add the transparence to the picture, while acrylic make the colors look very deep. One can see the influence of Chinese and Japanese culture on his art.
His artworks bring out the vibrancy of acrylic medium while not losing the freshness and transparency of traditional watercolour. His choice of colours and delicate execution of the medium make his approach very suitable for complex landscape subject matters. In short, Jack Tia has reinvented watercolour with acrylic medium.



Building from his strong design concepts, Jack loves to work with square format instead of rectangle.
The square, being a contemporary scale, transforms classical subjects like Singapore streets, heritage buildings, Chinatown and Singapore river into their fresh new look. He reinvents water media and his media reinvents Singapore landscapes.

Awards

  • 1982/1998 - Asian Watercolour Exhibition (Thailand, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore);
  • 1979 - First prize On The Spot Art competition by Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore);
  • 1979 - Singapore Scene Art Award Conference Hall (Singapore);
  • 1980 - First prize On The Spot Art competition by Nanyang Siang Pau (Singapore);
  • 1982 - 14th Youth Art Exhibition (Singapore);
  • 1983 - IBM Art Award (Singapore)
  • 1982 14th Youth Art Exhibition (Singapore);
  • 1995 - The President's Watercolour Selections Exhibition (Singapore);
  • 1996 - Asian International Watercolour Paintings (Taiwan);
  • 2001 - The Outstanding Watercolour Painting Award, SWS (Singapore);
  • 2003 - NAC Visual Art Tour Exhibition (Singapore).













Tia Kee Woon 易其文è un artista di Singapore. È famoso attraverso la sua tecnica di pittura ad acquerello in ambiente acrilico.
Il suo stile di pittura è molto leggero e luminoso, dove gli acquerelli aggiungono la trasparenza alla foto, mentre l'acrilico rende i colori molto profondi.
Si può vedere l'influenza della cultura cinese e giapponese sulla sua arte.
Le sue opere esaltano la vivacità del medium acrilico senza perdere la freschezza e la trasparenza dell'acquerello tradizionale.
La sua scelta di colori e la delicata esecuzione del mezzo rendono il suo approccio molto adatto a soggetti di paesaggio complessi.
In breve, Jack Tia ha reinventato l'acquerello con il medium acrilico.
Costruito con i suoi forti concetti di design, Jack ama lavorare con il formato quadrato anziché il rettangolo.
La piazza, essendo una scala contemporanea, trasforma soggetti classici come strade di Singapore, edifici storici, Chinatown ed il fiume Singapore nel loro nuovo look. Reinventa i media sull'acqua ed i suoi media reinventano i paesaggi di Singapore.