What pomp and flourish on-stage, What sordidness back-stage;
The contrast etches on the mind, With a great force.
My loved one nowhere to be seen.
Only forlorn dreams will accompany me
Forever.
A rainy scene of Melaka river, some of the splashes on the painting is raindrops, painting under open sky with nature light is one of Tham’s signature art approaches, a surprise drizzle caught artist by surprise, an welcome surprise. “Accident doesn’t create good art, but sometimes best art is created by accident.”
Warmth, is the feeling of the painting, the backyard of a formal home, a wall with climbing fig, small gate and a full blooming bougainvillea, with lines express the ever growing branches and splashes of bright colors expressing the blossom under the sun.
