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This dreamy monochromatic work is derived from Chong Siew Ying’s The Home And The World Series (2009-2015), lodged in Western Art nomenclature but with Chinese art tonalities. With an island of tree cluster with reflection off-centre, it plays on light and silhouettes, portraying Nature in all its resplendent beauty and complexities with a sudden burst of its mercurial nature. Nature in all its beauty and complexity, and hints of its sudden mercurial nature. The tree ‘island’ plays on the mind like a dirigible but with mystique. Subverting the Chinese art scroll format, paintings of this genre could stretch for some 280cm. There is no doubt that Chong Siew Ying’s decision to further her art studies in Paris in 1990 proved a turning point. There was limited scope one could expect with a Diploma in Graphic Design (Petaling College of Art and Design). In Paris, she had solos at the Maison TchÁ, Atelier d’Maravel, and Gallery Café Panique. She worked as au pair and other jobs to finance her studies at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Versailles (1991-1994) and then L’Atelier 63 (1994-1996). Two residencies added to her experience - Rimbun Dahan, Selangor (1999-2000) and the Vermont Studio Centre, United States (2001, Freeman Asian Artist Fellowship). In 2002, she won a Special Award in the highly coveted Bakat Muda Sezaman competition, and she was a finalist in the Hong Kong Sovereign Art Prize in 2009.