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Ah Min Leong
Silhouette Hour #1, 2026
Oil on Canvas
Height 71.5 cm x Width 97 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $2,300
Watching the sky at that strange late hour when the sky goes properly red — not orange, not pink, but a deep alarming coral that feels almost like a stage curtain — and a tangle of bare winter branches was scribbled across it like dark calligraphy. A few stubborn dried leaves hung on, one little group still standing upright like a small bird perched on a stem. Working with oils, I let the sky stay flat and intense, a single huge field of red dropping toward lavender at the bottom, and drew the branches over the top with quick, certain blacks so the whole painting would feel like a single held breath. There's a particular kind of beauty in winter — austere, graphic, no padding — and the silhouette hour is when it shows off. I wanted you to feel that thrill of looking up and finding the day has set itself on fire one last time before letting go.
Artist Bio: Min Leong is a painter born in Kuching, Malaysia and based in Sydney. His work centres on landscape from Malaysian forests to Australian coastlines. His paintings demonstrate a confident, expressive approach to colour — often pushing beyond naturalistic palettes into saturated purples, pinks, and oranges that capture the intense light of the Australian environment.
Leong gravitates toward subjects that emphasise the vertical and the immersive: towering eucalypts seen from below, dense rainforest canopies, and expansive vistas from elevated viewpoints. His work conveys a direct engagement with place and an interest in how light transforms the familiar into something vivid and heightened.
Dimensions:
71.5 cm x 97 cm