Life is a garland of sweet little things, juxtaposing a nubile nude at the centre of multiple images in mock silhouettes of the pet cat, food (fishes), the outdoors and tokens of heritage (carved wooden screens and circular marble-topped three-legged table). The silhouetted female nude is a Yeo Siak Goon staple, representing the free spirit and one who’s at one with Nature. Yeo Siak Goon is a self-taught artist, who took nightly art classes under two Nanyang Academy of Fine Art-trained artists Leo Hee Tong and Hua Chai Yong, while working as a book designer in a publishing company in Singapore. He has won several awards including the Figurative category of the UOB Painting of the Year (1990), the Tan Tsze Chor Award (1984, 1986 and 2011), and the IBM Art Award (1987). Since 2007, Yeo had six solos, all in Singapore. He has taken part in the New York Art Expo in 1989, and the Singapore-USA exhibition celebrating 25 Years of Singapore Art in 1991. He had also taken part in group exhibitions in Vietnam, China, Japan, South Korea, Holland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including a few AIAE (Asian Invitational Art Exhibition) events. His works are collected by Singtel, the Singapore National Museum, and the Agung Rai Museum in Bali.