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In his usual, masterful skill, Ong Kim Seng brings forth the exquisite rendition of Chinatown and the immaculate detailing from the building to the antics of people walking about. Ong Kim Seng is an internationally acclaimed watercolourist who has mastered the manipulation of darks in order to give his paintings a luminous glow hence the depth of his paintings. Merging concepts with finesse of execution, the artist presents representative images which are also ethereal in their beauty, flawless in their elemental ow and appropriation of light. The self-taught artist has garnered multiple accolades, including the Cultural Medallion in 1990 and seven awards by the American Watercolour Society. “These buildings are now totally demolished. This street painted is far from the actual Chinatown, it’s a scene of the street at the junction of Philip Street and Pickering Street.” - Ong Kim Seng