This is a photo  image of a beautiful painting by Chan Hwa Thian of Sabah, Malaysia. I stumbled upon him today, while looking for easels and discovered he was a great artist, doing water colours, acrylic, oil, Chinese brush, calligraphy ( all as a past time) and advertising for a living.A very successful business indeed, doing high end digital printing.I made three extremely good offers for the above but this and  none of his paintings were for sale. Having accepted that, I asked if I could promote his paintings in my own way, to share his talents and the beauty of his work with the world, and he obliged. His works will be "displayed only" at my gallery from time to time.

An nps pic, with credit to the artist, Mr. Chan Thian Hwa.

Hello there Steve, I am in fine spirits. Yes, I had to put my hand in, as an introduction ( distraction, maybe, lol), as well as to protect this original portrait. Thanks my friend.

- Beauty is everywhere...  (and certainly near the Indian Ocean..!)