''Bisikan Hati" is Pelita Hati's expression of our hopes and dreams as we launch into a coming new year of operation. It is our way of confirming our intentions to support local art and the support we hope to get from artists, friends and the public. It is about making our presence felt and about saying thank you. To the seven artists "Bisikan Hati" is an exhibition about works closest to the artists hearts. Each artist with his own unique style and reputation paints on subject matter he feels most about. It is about their love for art and their expression of this love. The seven artist need no introduction. We let their work speak for themselves.

Yusof Ghani is one of Malaysia's top abstract exprssionist painters who has succeeded in creating his own unique style that is highly recognisable. His paintings are said to be raw: the colour, the manipulation of paint and lines - yet each element complements one other. His paintings undeniably has a presence which attracts immediate attention
Protes Tari, 125 x 125 cm		Keluarga Mak Andih, 140 x 106 cm
Raja Shahriman Raja Aziddin is one of the very few artists in Malaysia who sees divine majesty in the human form. To him, an artist has to come to terms with his inner stirrings before he can know himself. Only then can he reflect his true self in his work. Today, Raja Shahriman is poised at the frontline of Malaysian Sculpture.
Gerak Tempur Series, 27.5 x 37.5 cm		Studies "untitled", 39.5 x 54.5 cm
Mohd Tajali Abdullah who applies the concept of nature in his paintings has managed to preserve the beauty of plant life and given it a new dimension. The kaleidoscope of colours that he chooses draws viewer into his garden and leave them looking into and beyond.
Garden I, 81 x 81 cm		Fern Scapes IV, 81 x 81 cm
Mad Anuar Ismail, one of Malaysia's few promising sculptors is well known for his meticulous and lovely pieces of wood and metal sculptures. In these, he clearly demostrates the skill of a craftman and his mastering of the form. In his paintings, Mad Anuar focuses on details, the art works created as if to tell a thousand stories.
Nur II, 153 x 153 cm		Nur 1, 155 x 184 cm
Khalil Ibrahim is famous as an artist of the romantic genre. For him there is much excitement to be drawn out from the mundane and the ordinary. For him art reflects the rhythms of the land, the colours of rituals, the daily routine and ordinary life of a folk community. He is well knows for his figurative style in watercolour, oil or acrylic and sinuous lines of semi-abstract forms.
untitled, 103.5 x 140 cm		East Coast Series 1, 27.5 x 37.5 cm
Awang Damit Ahmad, a Sabah-born artist interprets the essence of sculpture in the form of abstract paintings which is closely relevant to the experience of the artist himself. The choice of shapes and forms are symbols of nature. His compositions are strong but within it the viewer can still discern leaves, baskets and even Dayak shields which are pieces of the culture that Awang grew up with.
Marista "Nyanyian Semusim", 110 x 125 cm		Marista "Gerap-Gerap, dan Petani Gunung" 153 x 183 cm
Tew Nai Tong who graduated from L'Ecole National Supervieure des Beaux Arts, Paris in 1967 has been painting for almost 40 years and is regarded as one of the more prolific and energetic practitioners of the Nanyang style. Painting in watercolour and oil, his typical landscape exude an other worldly serenity while his figure paintings are folksy and endearing.
Fruits, 90 x 90 cm		In the Morning, 90 x 120 cm

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