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The artist once said, “It is very easy to finish a painting but it is so hard to leave a space unfinished.”

Pheh has etched a reputation for blurring the lines between drawings and paintings, with his skillful use of positive and negative spaces, while using sepia-hued forms and stains in his depiction of urban architecture. This work of the Rialto in Venice comes after a one-month sojourn in Italy, when the artist painted from photographs and memory upon his return. The steps leading up from the San Giacomo di Rialto give an idea of its height while the space on the left is intentionally ‘unfinished’, with a summary line sketch giving artistic deference to the monument opposite.

Since 2010, Pheh has been based in Melbourne, Australia as a fulltime artist.