Dogs & Such
It took his wife`s dog to draw out the artistic juices in Koh Tien Gui and a two-year working stint in Geneva Switzerland to set this budding artist on the
road to the unpredictable and often capricious world of art and artists.
Distinctive in his choice of medium, Tien Gui employs only crayons to create his colourful, magical and engagingly whimsical world.
Mainly self- taught, although he credits his Secondary School art teacher as the one who opened his eyes to art by crayon, his drawings are at once warm,
enthralling and captivating.
His first exhibition, held in Geneva, displayed a kaleidoscope of child-like images of animals. His second exhibition, held in Singapore, featured drawings
focused on characters atypical in local wayangs. His third, also held in Singapore, was a continuation of his exploration of the local wayang.
Now, his fourth exhibition comes full circle by returning to his first love, in fact, to the one that started it all, his animal menagerie. With a style
inspired by modern day artists like the late Nikki Saint Phalle and Mackenzie Thorpe, his drawings are never sublime nor mysterious.
Each piece is specially crafted to bellow out the wonderful essence of life, infusing with each stroke of his crayons, universal themes of love and joy
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