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Oil Paintings and Portraiture by Emerging Artist Keith Teo

Keith Teo South East Asia, Singapore (SGP) Mediums: work primarily with oils as I want to be primarily a painter as an artist, however I do enjoy dry mediums like pencil and charcoal too. Favorite Quote: “ You can’t show anyone anything he hasn’t seen already, on some level – any more than you can tell anyone anything he doesn't already know. It is the function of the artists to evoke the experience of surprised recognition: to show the viewer what he knows but does not know that he knows.” - Gottfried Helnwein Favorite Book: What is Painting?: Representation and Modern Art Book by Julian Bell   <img title="keith teo portrait" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="keith teo portrait" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h-qF4W0CCq0/VEUc3Mq9kxI/AAAAAAAAUOU/Ct4VrybLEUc/keith-teo-portrait%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="533">   I am currently pursuing a Diploma in Fine Arts from Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore. At the moment, I am in the process of exploring various painting styles and colours and other artistic media. Although portraiture is not going to be my main field of practice, I chose to paint portraits during my own free time. I am interested in portraiture because of the pictorial effects of faces and their psychological impact on the media-heavy contemporary society we live in.