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Keng Lye. Being a Singapore-based artist, he sculptures a three-dimensional illusive portrait with animals..
The incredible resin paintings of Keng Lye
By Britt Appleton
Keng Lye is an artist from Signapore who specializes in realistic, 3-dimensional resin paintings, mainly of small fish.
It is the type of art where the process is as magical as the finished product. I spoke to him about his work and this is what he told me:
"In 2011, my photographer friend, Gerald Gay, showed me a video on the great Japanese artist, Riusuke Fukahori.
Gerald gave me a challenge - try and create 3-D resin art similar to the works of Riusuke Fukahori.
Keng Lin graduated from NUS with a first class honors in Electrical Engineering and was on the Vice Chancellor's list.
That was how I began to experiment in this art form. Since 2012 I have devoted myself to resin art, inspired by the great Japanese artist, Riusuke Fukahori.
After seeing the video on Riusuke Fukahori and experimenting with the resin & acrylic layering process, I have gained some experience and knowledge about this technique.
I start out by pouring resin into a container.
Cover it with plastic wrap so as to protect it from dust and let it hard