Through dense, swift brushstrokes, the artist captures a vibrant street scene of charming colonial shop houses rendered in earthy tones. These multiple storey shop houses evoke a bygone era when daily life and community activities revolved around such traditional structures. Born in Singapore, Wong spent his early childhood in Hainan, China. After his studies in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, he opted to become a Malaysian and based himself in Kuala Lumpur, when Singapore split from Malaysia. He had only two solos, in Kuala Lumpur – at the LC Yat Antique and Gallery (1994) and the Yan Fine Art Gallery (2008). When he was diagnosed with colon cancer, a fund-raising exhibition was held at Han’s Art Gallery at Amcorp Mall in Kuala Lumpur in April 2009, but as his cancer was already in the third stage, he succumbed to the disease in 2010.