Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Series
Peace Doves
No subject returns more often in Tan Peng Hooi's work than the dove. Across at least nine numbered canvases he paints pairs and gatherings of doves by rocks, water and morning light. The Malay title is always simply Merpati; the English always carries the word peace. In the Chinese tradition he inherits, the dove is an auspicious subject, and in his hands it becomes a quiet argument: that peace is something ordinary life depends on and deserves.
31 works in this series
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves
1999, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves
1999, oil on canvas
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves
oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2001, oil on canvas, 19 x 21 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2001, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2003, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2003, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2003, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2005, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves (Merpati)
2005, oil on canvas, 18 x 20 in
Rural life, birds, flowers and auspicious nature
Peace Doves
1995, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in