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Alan Long, the impressionist, received formal art education when he was a teenager from two famous Singapore pioneer artists, Mr Chen Chong Swee and Dr Chen Wen Hsi. After graduated from the Chinese High School, he took up full time courses at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He was art teacher Mr Lim Mu Hue’s favourite student at the academy.
As a lover of nature who appreciates beautiful country scenes, the scenic natural environment is his favourite subject for paintings and he is able to capture the entire atmosphere of the location to blend into his impressionistic creations. Alan paints both urban and country landscapes as well as seascapes either in oil or watercolour. He has smartly managed to master the art of using painting knives and is able to paint and complete the entire picture by painting knives except his signature and those little birds flying in his created impressions of scenic landscapes and seascapes are by sharp tiny brushes. Alan has established his very own characteristic impressionism with the special skill of painting by knives in oil. His watercolour paintings are pretty unique as traditional Chinese style of brush strokes were skillfully applied. Some of his art collectors have commented that Alan’s distinctive works of art can easily be identified even before looking at his signature.
Alan has had won several awards in his artistic career, an international award of Bronze Medal from the Society for Art in Education of Tokyo in Japan was won by his watercolour painting the【Kallang River】in 1966 when he was a student. Scene of the actual location painted had already became historical in 1980s.
During those years when he was residing in Australia, Alan‘s exquisite oil painting the【Scenic Riverview】had won him the Finalist’s Award for Art Prize Challenge No.7 for “Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes” organized by the authoritative art publication《Australian Artist Magazine》the award winning information and image of the distinctive winning oil painting were both published in the magazine’s 213th issue, March 2002.
As a lover of nature who appreciates beautiful country scenes, the scenic natural environment is his favourite subject for paintings and he is able to capture the entire atmosphere of the location to blend into his impressionistic creations. Alan paints both urban and country landscapes as well as seascapes either in oil or watercolour. He has smartly managed to master the art of using painting knives and is able to paint and complete the entire picture by painting knives except his signature and those little birds flying in his created impressions of scenic landscapes and seascapes are by sharp tiny brushes. Alan has established his very own characteristic impressionism with the special skill of painting by knives in oil. His watercolour paintings are pretty unique as traditional Chinese style of brush strokes were skillfully applied. Some of his art collectors have commented that Alan’s distinctive works of art can easily be identified even before looking at his signature.
Alan has had won several awards in his artistic career, an international award of Bronze Medal from the Society for Art in Education of Tokyo in Japan was won by his watercolour painting the【Kallang River】in 1966 when he was a student. Scene of the actual location painted had already became historical in 1980s.
During those years when he was residing in Australia, Alan‘s exquisite oil painting the【Scenic Riverview】had won him the Finalist’s Award for Art Prize Challenge No.7 for “Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes” organized by the authoritative art publication《Australian Artist Magazine》the award winning information and image of the distinctive winning oil painting were both published in the magazine’s 213th issue, March 2002.
SCENIC RIVERVIEW
Award Winning Oil Painting
Alan has been exhibiting his works in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Germany and some major art exhibitions in Western and the Eastern States of Australia. Some of Alan’s best art pieces were selected and featured in certain authoritative art related publications and several major newspapers namely the Asian Artists, Australian Artist Magazine, Watercolour Today, the Contemporary Singapore Artists as well as Singapore Artists Directory both the first and second editions, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shin Bun and the three major newspapers in Singapore, the Strait Times, LianHeZaoBao, as well as the Sunday Times.
Alan has individuals, museums, cultural centres, institutions and private organizations as his art collectors in several countries.
Alan has individuals, museums, cultural centres, institutions and private organizations as his art collectors in several countries.
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