Timber preparation
Raw linen sizing
Mineral layering
Archival sealing
Kiln-dried Chengal timber stretchers hand-assembled with traditional mortise and tenon joinery to sustain monumental tension.
Unprimed Belgian and regional flax linen mounted directly and sealed with rabbit skin glue to preserve raw tensile integrity.
Successive applications of earth pigments, ground quartz, and viscous oil binders built across extended drying intervals.
Application of micro-crystalline resin varnish to stabilize pigment fissures while retaining a matte, light-absorbing finish.
Dialogue with monsoonal light
Mohamad’s surfaces record the equatorial climate of peninsular Malaysia, translating torrential monsoonal downpours and dense lowland canopy into heavy strata of lead white, raw umber, and charcoal dust. The works reject illustrative landscape in favour of topographical truth, where physical fissures and mineral crusts function as geological strata formed over deep time.
Selected works remain in private collections across Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and London, sustained by private viewing arrangements and direct international studio provenance. Institutional curators note the rare convergence of classical draughtsmanship and uncompromising material weight.
Mohamad achieves a monumental stillness, anchoring contemporary abstraction in the ancient material realities of the Southeast Asian terrain.
National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Retrospective Monograph