“For two years running, photographs have clinched the title of UOB Painting Of The Year, causing some artists to wonder if, well, a photograph is also a painting. This time, the issue is moot. A self-portrait by an 18-year-old beat its competition, which included, yes, 51 photographic entries, for the top honour. A total of 686 entries were submitted. The winning entry features a grimacing Miss Bai Tian Yuan (an art student from Raffles Institution) holding a blank canvas. Done in oil and acrylic and entitled What, it is intended to depict an artist struggling for inspiration.” From ‘UOB Painting of the Year: A painting based on a photo’ The Straits Times, July 2010