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Low Puay Hua is better known for his Realism renditions, especially of the Singapore waterfront and city, townscapes suggesting human habitation. Here, in a Minimalist reversal, Low relies on the soothing colours of the textured paper to create the mood, and hint on the permanence of Nature, that is, the mountain as a sentinel over-seeing people and vessels past by on the mighty Mekong. Indeed, the Mekong is under grave threat of its ecosystem, with giant dam projects changing the river course and threatening marine life. Low Puay Hua graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1965. His accolades include the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris in 1986, and the Artist of the Year in the Teochew artists exhibition in 2010. He was given a solo by The Art Gallery Penang in 1997.