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The hills are alive with the sound of music. You are never alone when you are amidst Nature, on top of the world as it were. Khoo Sui Hoe solitary figure even looks like Mother Nature personified, with the trellis of triangles in her dress symbolic of mountainscapes, reinforcing the spirit of the free. All the pulchritude of the natural world, alas, will be spoilt by Man's avarice and vainglorious bid to OutNature Nature, to turn Nature into a hideous ‘resort' playground for lucre and vanity. This is a rare masterpiece of absolute quality. Khoo Sui Hoe will always be known as the spiritual leader of the Alpha Group (1977) whose influence spans across the causeway. His high point was when he was given a Retrospective in 2007 by the Penang State Art Gallery. Called The Painted World of Khoo Sui Hoe, it cemented his professional career since he graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1961. He followed it up with a mini-retrospective at The Art Gallery Penang (2013) and Wisma Kebudayaan Soka Gakkai Malaysia (2017). He furthered his studies at Pratt in New York under the John D. Rockefeller III Fund award. He helmed the Alpha Gallery in Singapore (1972) and then again in Penang (2004), under Alpha Utara. Many of his early works are currently on display at the prestigious National Gallery Singapore at prominent positions.