Alvin Koay

Alvin Koay is a self-taught artist and is best known for his gestural style of painting. Resonating with the abstract expressionism movement of post world war II, he is influenced by early works of Willem de Kooning and other great action painters of that era. All of his works are based on impulses, spontaniety and improvisation and he constantly finds "accidental aesthetics" as he attacks the canvas with vigorous colors, lines and textures.  He paints his state of mind and emotions, with mot…See all

Alvin Koay is a self-taught artist and is best known for his gestural style of painting. Resonating with the abstract expressionism movement of post world war II, he is influenced by early works of Willem de Kooning and other great action painters of that era. All of his works are based on impulses, spontaniety and improvisation and he constantly finds "accidental aesthetics" as he attacks the canvas with vigorous colors, lines and textures.  He paints his state of mind and emotions, with motives from mother nature, animals and the worldly good. Alvin uses primarily acrylic on canvas as his preferred medium.See less