LOT 60
RAPHAEL SCOTT AHBENG
B. Sarawak, 1939 – 2019
Power Garden, 2013
Arcylic on canvas
38 x 121 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed, titled, and dated “RSA 13 Power Garden” on lower right
RM 7,000 – 12,000
A master of Sarawakian landscapes, Raphael Scott Ahbeng created a canvas encompassing a potpourri of colours, whose tails and strings turn clutter into something beautiful. Raphael had a gift for looking for beauty in the most mundane of things, ones that always escape our minds as being more than meets the eye. In this piece, he substantiated that nature is always brimming with colours, and that shrubbery does not necessarily have to look bare and dismal. He introduced a new way of looking at nature, sending out the message that nature can be aesthetically pleasing to the eye, even if you look at it in a different way.