A professional photographer-turned-artist, Chai Soong is exceptionally gifted in oil, acrylic, and three-dimensional goldfish painting. His preference of using nostalgic vintage materials, such as canvas, is to bring art collectors on a trip down memory lane.
Chai Soong’s exquisite masterpieces are skillfully hand-painted with acrylic colors and layered with transparent Resin. After each layer of painting, a thin layer of resin is poured on top. Each layer takes a minimum of 12 hours to dry, and they need to harden before the artist can move on to the next stage of the creation.
In order to create the 3D effect, each masterpiece requires more than ten steps (especially for goldfish’s many layers of scales).
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci