RUMAH PAHANG - DIMANA HATIKU TERPAUT Painting

An academician, a researcher and a self-taught artist, interested in exploring the hidden forces in the natural and man-made environment. My art works are inspired/driven by my studies on human behavior, and my concern with man-environment relationship based on my personal experiences in the rural and urban environment of Malaysia. Conceptually, most of my paintings are attempting to explore the reality of the natural and man-made environment that is the existence of genius loci or the spirit of place in them. The spirits are at work, organizing and monitoring, but they are often unrealized by almost all of us. They are there in the setting, often visible and real. It is the spirit that makes the environment alive and meaningful. Only the meanings of the places are perceived and may exist in abstract forms. It is the spirit that makes us attached to the place.