The World Of Chang Fee Ming

Chang Fee Ming is an artist who travels in search of the vibrant hues of Asia. From bustling marketplaces to ancient temples to festive gatherings, Chang believes in the eternal spirit against the transient memory of experience. His works, however, are not mere picture postcards of form, movement, and composition. They blend elements that are earthly and divine, ritualistic and romantic, realistic and mythical. Wit and imagination along with impeccable technique evoke celebratory images of the exotic and even the sensuous.

The artist has an unerring eye for indirectly showing posture and anatomy trough incredible details of folds in the patterns of traditional textiles worn as clothes. He is perceptive of everyday circumstances, capturing the moods of human activities. A perfectionist, Chang boldly crops off the upper torsos of his figures at the paper’s edge to enhance the inherent drama and to arouse curiosity. The figures become anonymous, and attention is focused on the array of motifs in their clothing. The rich indigenous traditions are synthesized for a more contemporary look.

A self-taught artist born in the town of Dungun in Terengganu, Malaysia in 1959, Chang has made spectacular progress over the years and now is among the finest of Asia’s watercolor virtuosos. His works have been exhibited and collected throughout Asia, Europe, and The USA. Two of his paintings received the Award of Distinction from over four thousand entries and were published in The Best of Watercolor 2 and Best of Watercolor Painting Texture. In 1999, Chang was one of five persons who received the Dom Pérignon Portrait Of A Perfectionist Award.

The book is available at Komaneka Fine Art Gallery.