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- Famous Swiss Painter Captures "Nature's Little
Secrets" On Canvas
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- For the past three months thousands European art lovers have enjoyed
a special exhibition of paintings by
- renowned Swiss painter Elena Eng. The theme of this exceedingly successful
exhibition is "The Caribbean:
- sea, blue, light, colours". Quite a few of Elenaís paintings
depicting views and panoramas of the beautiful
- British Virgin Islands have attracted very positive reviews by famous
European art critics.
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- Sponsor of the exhibition is the Lugano branch of Morgan & Morgan
which is celebrating its fifth
- anniversary. The opening took place on 22 April at the Hotel de la
Paix in Lugano, Switzerland, and
- continues at the offices of Morgan & Morgan in Lugano till the
end of July 1999.
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- Mrs Eng was in Tortola last November on the occasion of the tenth anniversary
of Morgan & Morgan Trust
- Corporation Ltd in the BVI. At the time she was working on a series
of fourteen paintings with a BVI theme
- which had been commissioned by Morgan & Morgan. A contemporary
impressionist Elena Eng captured
- the beauty of natureís little secrets and then transferred them
emotionally and visually on her most
- captivating paintings.
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- Having held more than forty exhibitions throughout Europe (Mallorca,
St. Moritz, Dortmund, Paris, and
- Zurich), Elena Eng is well-known in Europe for her paintings featuring
landscapes and portraits. She also
- specializes in 'murales'. Her passion for exotic locales is mirrored
in her many paintings now in famous
- collections in Zurich, Montecarlo, Geneva, Milan and Paris.
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- Mrs. Eng's exquisite creations include a variety of mediums such as
acrylics, copper, stained glass and
- various textures that shed a vivid light or reflect an intense emotion.
When she visited the Virgin Islands it was 'love at first sight', she says.
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- Seeing her paintings is believing her candid statement. In fact she
has been able to capture the quintessential beauty of these islands in
a most unique fashion.
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