Acclaimed contemporary watercolorist Chang Fee Ming was born in 1959, in the coastal state of Terengganu, Malaysia. His early works portrayed the life of Malay villagers in his hometown, particularly within renditions of colorful batik sarongs hanging in the wind, where he developed his impressive watercolor technique and strong ability to create the interplay of color shading, texture and patterns, which confer a dynamic vitality to his artworks.

Having exhibited in numerous international shows, Chang's oeuvre extends beyond traditional Malay village life to travel narratives around Asia, however he returns time and again to the subject matter which he portrays the most elegantly and richly - scenes of Southeast Asian figures, both male and female, clad in brightly patterned and textured local weaves of batik cloth, and other local accoutrements. Within his work entitled Fragrance Chang's realistic watercolor skill is clearly in evidence, depicting the back views of two native women in the marketplace. The texture of their local outfits is well portrayed by Chang, supplemented by the woven baskets of edible goods lying at their feet; left exposed in full brilliancy or wrapped in slickly veined banana leaves. The title Fragrance conjures up the most memorable element of Southeast Asian life - the complex smells of the marketplace, a combination of piquant spices like turmeric and saffron, tropical heat and dust, or rainfall on the ground, and the perfumes and powders used by local women. Chang creates a complete sensory experience through the explosion of color, texture, and nostalgic yearning.

Chang Fee Ming was born in 1959 in Terengganu, Malaysia. Ming is an accomplished watercolourist known for his unique renditions and interpretations of peoples, traditional societies and their cultures and the often exotic, remote places he visited in Indonesia, Nepal, Africa, the Indo-Chinese communities along the Mekong right up to its source in Tibet. Since his first foray to Bali in 1985, he has etched his place in Indonesian art history, especially in Bali. The awards of Chang Fee Ming include the Malaysian Watercolour Society award (1984 and 1985), the Sime Darby Art Asia gold award (1985) and the PNB Malaysian art award (1985). He also won the Minor Awards in the Young Contemporary Artists competition in 1986 and 1987. He won distinction awards in the Rockport Publishers USA in 1997 and the Dom Perignon Portrait of A Perfectionist Award (Malaysia) in 1999. He was a co-winner (Malaysia) of the Winsor & Newton World Millennium Painting Competition in 1999. In 2009, he was selected for the Singapore Tyler Print Institute project in 2009, which resulted in his solo exhibition Imprinted Thoughts. Fee Ming was honoured with a solo at Bank Negara Malaysia Museum & Art Gallery, and at Christie’s Hong Kong for 2 months in 2015, titled Chang Fee Ming: Weaving The World In Watercolour.