Calvin Chua Cheng Koon - River in his heart

Calvin works in watercolour, oil and acrylic too.

Calvin Chua Cheng Koon, or more popularly known as Calvin Chua, is a veteran in watercolour. Hailing from Kedah, this 53 year old artist is a graduate of the KLCA with a Diploma in Fine Art. He is as active in his works as he is in the Malaysian Watertercolour Society.

A winner of many awards locally and abroad, Calvin has also exhibited in countries including Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Taipeh, and Japan. His River Series has found appeal locally and abroad too.

Children playing by the river.

The river is this artist's theme

Chow Chin Chuan - the bicycle man keeps on painting

Chow Chin Chuan at work

Born in 1961 in the harbour town of Klang, Selangor, Chow Chin Chuan received his art education at the Kuala Lumpur College of Arts and holds a Diploma in Fine Arts & Figure Design. This full-time artist has been exhibition his works since 1982 and has won numerous awards, including the Young Contemporary Artist award from the National Art Gallery in 1990. He has also exhibited in foreign countries, including Thailand, Taiwan, Belgium, Sweden, India and Brazil.

Chow has established himself with his favourite subject - the bicycle against a backdrop of rustic scenes that are fast disappearing these days, Apart from watercolour, he also does oil paintings who are also as exquisite. .

Bicycles are his favourite subject

One of the rare sketches he has done

Rustic scenes like this are his favourite