A female figure portrayed in Khoo Sui Hoe’s stylistic dreamy manner is depicted floating against tangerine orange and yellow ochre waters with three triangular shapes in the background. A highly emotive work, Nude Bathing is imbued with mysterious qualities portraying his profound interest in primitivism treated with great consciousness. Khoo Sui Hoe received his education at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (1959) and continued his studies at Pratt Graphic Center, New York (1974). His numerous awards include Certificate of Merits, Asian Art Now, Las Vegas Art Musuem (2004); John D. Rockefeller 3rd (JDR 3rd) Fund Grant (1974); Honourable Mention, Salon Malaysia Art Competition (1969); and First Prize in Oil, Malaysian Art & Craft Competition (1965). His recent solo exhibitions include Faces and Landscapes by Sui Hoe Khoo, Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, United States (2015); Khoo Sui Hoe – Recent Paintings, Bellevue Hotel, Penang, Malaysia (2015); Khoo Sui Hoe: An Overview Part II – The Patron, Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat’s Collection from 1960s to 1980s (2015) and Khoo Sui Hoe: An Overview Part I – The Artist Collection from 1980s to Present (2014) at The Private Museum, Singapore (2015). Public collections include National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Penang State Art Gallery, United Overseas Bank, Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, First National City Bank of Chicago, Singapore, Bangkok Bank and Lee Nordness Gallery, New York.