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We see a young family captured in a thoughtful pose, perhaps alluding to an important phase in life. The artist casts a strong light on the sitter’s personas, using striking contrasts of flesh tones against an earth toned background. Accomplished mastery of the human form is evident in the modelling of body contours, resulting in a warm, contemplative, and mysterious atmosphere. Anthonie Chong graduated in Graphic Design from the Perak Institute of Art in 1991. He won the Philip Morris Asean Art Award, Malaysia in 1998. In 2000, he switched to caricature-like iconography fusing eastern surrealism with digital technology, namely his e-monk creations which morphed into @-monk in 2010, which was represented in three series - Community, Gaia and Mechanism. He had his first solo at the X Pub and Gallery, Penang in 1974. He had worked as an art teacher (Art Design, Kuala Lumpur), graphic designer, illustrator and lecturer at Art Direction (1992-1995), before helping out a relative in his business.