Could be a fantail there
2025, Acrylic, Oil pastels on canvas, Siau-Jiun Lim 1000 x 1200 mm
2025, Acrylic, Oil pastels on canvas, Siau-Jiun Lim 1000 x 1200 mm
The work presents my practice: an exploration of chaos and order, of the intentional and the unconscious mind. It invites the viewer to look—to really spend time with it. Sometimes, if you look long enough, a playful form might appear, like a phantom or a flicker of something familiar. Looking is a part of my process—almost half of it, as I return to the work again and again, at different times, in different light. Each moment reveals something new, offering a fresh perspective and a different way of seeing.
The process
This work continues my exploration from last year—the slow, dripping process—by embracing a similarly deliberate and slower approach. It moves through the intentional mind and the subconscious gestures of the hand, shaped by the tension between chaos and order. Directional movement emerges in the painting not from a pre-planned structure, but from the repetition and shift of brush gestures. I didn’t set out to create a small branch or place vertical side branches intentionally. Instead, as my brush moved repeatedly in one direction and then shifted, the form revealed itself through the movement—growing from within the process itself. The painting was shaped by the act of performance.
This work continues my exploration from last year—the slow, dripping process—by embracing a similarly deliberate and slower approach. It moves through the intentional mind and the subconscious gestures of the hand, shaped by the tension between chaos and order. Directional movement emerges in the painting not from a pre-planned structure, but from the repetition and shift of brush gestures. I didn’t set out to create a small branch or place vertical side branches intentionally. Instead, as my brush moved repeatedly in one direction and then shifted, the form revealed itself through the movement—growing from within the process itself. The painting was shaped by the act of performance.
