We love finding cool and unique artists and Chen Forng-Shean may be the coolest and most unique of them all! Chen is a painter, but its his choice of canvas that makes him really interesting.
Instead of using paper or canvas like most artists, Chen uses grains of rice and other similarly sized objects on which to create his masterpieces! It takes him several months to complete just one painting, but the results are definitely worth it!
Having always had an interest in art and painting, Chen didn’t begin actively painting until after his left the military and got a job at the Central Engraving and Printing Plant where he was introduced to many engraving tools and techniques he would later use in his own pieces.
For a decade, every day after work Chen would go to his second floor art studio and work on his miniature masterpieces. Everything he he knows he taught himself and soon he was creating amazing works of art which started getting noticed by the public.
Check out some of Chen’s spectacular rice grain artwork below:
(Photo of Chen Forng-Shean by Hou Dongtao; photos of artwork by Chen Forng-Shean)