Yong Chien Chin creates tranquilising paintings by employing subtle connotations of ancient Chinese philosophies and traditional cultural spirits in a manner that advances the conventional technique of Chinese ink painting by going beyond the use of ink and brush on rice paper. He aspires to depict beauty based on the concept of Yin and Yang reflecting on "life experiences to enhance the inner senses and contents of the spiritual world". Legend Of Stones presents terracotta horses created with expressive brushwork and colours. Yong Chien Chin boasts of a galaxy of Chinese-brush masters in his early years: Yang Sing Sum in Hong Kong (1982), American-turned Singaporean David Kwo (1983), Melbourne based Malaysian-born Anthony Sum, and Malaysian master Chung Chen Sun. A graduate of Post-Diploma in Fine Arts from the Malaysian Institute of Art in Kuala Lumpur, he taught Art at Chen Moh Primary School, Petaling Jaya, and on batik painting at the Malayan Teachers' Training College. His first solo exhibition was at the Art House Gallery in Kuala Lumpur in 1981, which was followed by a number of solo and group exhibitions in Malaysia, Canada, Korea and Taiwan. The series of works exhibited in his solo exhibitions titled Terracotta Warriors and Legend Of The Stones in 1995 gained him much acclaim. A committee member of the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Shui-Mo Art Society and the Malaysian Lingnan Art Society, Yong Chien Chin's works are collected extensively by institutions and individual collectors locally and abroad.