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LEONG Iat-hong often carries a small planner with him. Though no words are written on its pages, he remembers his daily schedule with uncanny accuracy.

This featured piece is Iat-hong’s interpretation of Post-Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh’s "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat and Pipe". The relaxing color palette in the painting echoes Iat-hong’s own personality—easygoing, gentle, and unhurried...

His choice of colors stems from an intuitive pursuit of aesthetics, expressing inner emotions rather than merely imitating. Through his habit of repeatedly layering paint over the same areas, the clear facial features of the original piece transform into a softer, blurrier form under his brush. With raw, subjective emotion, he reshapes an objective masterpiece.

As time goes on, Iat-hong’s signature style has truly taken shape, weaving threads of vibrant colors to construct a world entirely his own.

[The work "Soldier" was published in the Economic Daily News on June, 2013]