The Time Has Come

Acrylic on canvas 86.36cm x 76.2cm 2017

Tony Ng Chit Keong

This painting captures a scene I encountered while seeking inspiration in Pandai Timur on the East Coast of Malaysia. It depicts discarded fishing nets draped with a vibrant batik sarong and scattered children’s toys, remnants of playful moments. The creeping plants and the white dove in flight were intentionally added to infuse a sense of vitality into the otherwise still composition. My aim with this piece is to record these fleeting moments of beauty, preserving them as visual documents, much like archiving cherished memories.

这是一幅充满象征意义的画作,描绘了我在马来西亚东海岸的潘代蒂穆尔寻找灵感时偶然发现的一个场景。画面中,废弃的渔网上覆盖着色彩鲜艳的蜡染沙笼,那是孩子们玩耍后留下的痕迹,散落着他们的小玩具。我特意添加了攀爬的植物和一只飞翔的白鸽,为这静谧的场景注入了生机与活力。此画旨在捕捉生活中转瞬即逝的美好瞬间,以视觉的方式记录下这些富有诗意的场景,如同保存一份珍贵的回忆文档。