Across the Village

This is a rare painting by Terence Teo which depicts an expression of a village scene
observed during his travels. Terence reimagines the execution and composition of traditional landscape painting, opting to focus on highlighting the rainforest and rivers in this painting. Apart from alterations to traditional compositions, Terence applied various ink pigments right to the edges of the paper. This execution is inspired by western oil painting practices and considered to be a contemporary interpretation of ink painting and .

Viewers are also able to observe the mindful connection between the upper and lower halves of the composition. This association is established with the depiction of reflection of trees on the surface of the lake as indicated by the black vertical lines. Overall, this is a comprehensive painting by Terence Teo which sexhibits his intention of providing viewers with an alternative expression of landscapes in ink painting.