{"id":8453,"date":"2015-12-24T14:06:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T06:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8453"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T06:07:43","slug":"life-in-all-its-joyous-hues-by-dennis-chua","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/contemporary\/portfolio-item\/life-in-all-its-joyous-hues-by-dennis-chua\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Life in all its joyous hues&#8221; by Dennis Chua"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-142ff43b7600746a6e970fde5cf91c57 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8453'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">New Straits Times, 25 July 2006<br \/>\nLife in all its joyous hues<br \/>\nby Dennis Chua<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>WEI-Ling Gallery and Indonesian watercolourist Sasya Tranggono present \u201cFor You My Lord\u201d, a regional exhibition-cum-tour undertaken by Tranggono.<\/p>\n<p>Tranggono celebrates life and its joyous experiences through delicately rendered colourful flowers. She dedicates all her works to her newfound spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncomplicated yet deeply intricate, flowers are nature\u2019s gift designed purely for pleasure and beauty, and the challenge of painting them is to look beyond the physical beauty of the leaves and petals to reveal their essence,\u201d said Tranggono.<\/p>\n<p>Tranggono has mastered this skill, and enhanced it by employing the unusual technique of painting with watercolours on canvas. Traditionally, watercolours are rendered on paper, which is absorbent. In Tranggono\u2019s paintings, the watercolour is allowed to flow freely on canvas, giving the effect of spontaneity and multiple layers of colour.<\/p>\n<p>The process is a long one, and involves patience \u2014 each layer of paint must dry before application of the next colour.<\/p>\n<p>Tranggono was born into a Javanese family and grew up surrounded by concepts of beauty. After graduating with an engineering degree from Syracuse University in New York, and a Masters in Business Administration from Erasmus University in Amsterdam, Holland, Tranggono turned to watercolour to express her innermost thoughts and feelings.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to receive the prestigious Jakarta CP Biennale Art Award in 2003 for her unique style of painting. She has since exhibited her paintings around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri, among others, have acquired her works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Straits Times, 25 July 2006 Life in all its joyous hues by Dennis Chua WEI-Ling Gallery and Indonesian watercolourist Sasya Tranggono present \u201cFor You My Lord\u201d, a regional exhibition-cum-tour undertaken by Tranggono. Tranggono celebrates life and its joyous experiences through delicately rendered colourful flowers. 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