CHAOS INTO LIGHT
BY VALERIE NG
‘Chaos into Light’ Exhibition
runs from 1 - 30 September, 2006
A solo exhibition of oil paintings & mixed media works by Valerie Ng.
You are invited for the opening on Friday 1st September, 7-9pm.
Turning ‘chaos into light’ is Valerie Ng’s main focus for her new series of
artworks. She continues her interest in movement on a surface, through an
exploration of colour and action in her strokes.
Based on the chaos theory, that one slight change might cause a significant
impact elsewhere thus the act of painting goes with layers of subtle additions
that build up to form a whole. In the process, never quite knowing where each
mark will lead or what effect it will have on the overall state. The best
results come from not deliberating too much and letting the piece intensify with
the flow, veering between chaos and clarity, to explore the dynamic properties
of movement and light.
Characteristically, the marks bear a determined order yet exercise a balance
despite the randomness of colours. Streaks of lighter hues inject a certain
atmosphere in order to transform the energy or the action of painting into
something of interest to observe, and perchance enlighten, a different mood or
reaction from the viewer.
Included in this exhibition are oil paintings as well as mixed media pieces of
collage or papier-mache which extend the tactile qualities of the artworks.
About the Artist
Largely self-taught, Valerie Ng has always enjoyed painting and creating art.
She took up painting seriously in 2002 after attending the Alternative
Foundation in Fine Art, at The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of
London. Her abstract paintings are created as a result of explorations in
colour, form, texture, depth, mood and movement on a surface. She won the First
Prize (Abstract Medium) in the UOB Painting of the Year 2004 and has recently
exhibited at Art Singapore, the Wetterling Teo Gallery (Solo Exhibition) and the
Jendela Gallery in 2005. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate
collections locally and overseas.