Mr Tadashi Serizawa
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, 1999
I was asked by MasterCard to paint five portraits in Asia, commemorating the service of each Director retiring from the company’s global board.
A three-week whistle-stop tour of Asia was planned, taking in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Although it was not an ideal way in which to work, and I had only a few days in each city, I was able to paint and sketch furiously and bring back studies from which I could work up larger canvases. MasterCard planned the trip for me, and included visits to the main sights at every stop.
![Moo Young, Oh, BC Card Co. Ltd (Seoul)](https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/75bc.../75bcc8cef92fd42cbd63318e76e37cebd3b039c9ffe90f6334b26d0d14867e5d-xsmall.jpg 292w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/75bc.../75bcc8cef92fd42cbd63318e76e37cebd3b039c9ffe90f6334b26d0d14867e5d-small.jpg 583w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/75bc.../75bcc8cef92fd42cbd63318e76e37cebd3b039c9ffe90f6334b26d0d14867e5d-medium.jpg 1166w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/75bc.../75bcc8cef92fd42cbd63318e76e37cebd3b039c9ffe90f6334b26d0d14867e5d-large.jpg 1749w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/75bc.../75bcc8cef92fd42cbd63318e76e37cebd3b039c9ffe90f6334b26d0d14867e5d-xlarge.jpg 1890w)
![Mr Fred Enlow, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore](https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/77e3.../77e3ab63103d5368c5267ab1d0d5b52ad37a04a2e3267c2ad7993af8c9987f66-xsmall.jpg 305w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/77e3.../77e3ab63103d5368c5267ab1d0d5b52ad37a04a2e3267c2ad7993af8c9987f66-small.jpg 611w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/77e3.../77e3ab63103d5368c5267ab1d0d5b52ad37a04a2e3267c2ad7993af8c9987f66-medium.jpg 1222w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/77e3.../77e3ab63103d5368c5267ab1d0d5b52ad37a04a2e3267c2ad7993af8c9987f66-large.jpg 1833w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/77e3.../77e3ab63103d5368c5267ab1d0d5b52ad37a04a2e3267c2ad7993af8c9987f66-xlarge.jpg 1924w)
![Dato' Tan Teong Hean, Southern Bank Berhad, Kuala Lumpur](https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/e18d.../e18dbc81ac855d76ccc85eeaaaa6669915cd7bdaf0520a4637eda688392226dd-xsmall.jpg 301w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/e18d.../e18dbc81ac855d76ccc85eeaaaa6669915cd7bdaf0520a4637eda688392226dd-small.jpg 602w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/e18d.../e18dbc81ac855d76ccc85eeaaaa6669915cd7bdaf0520a4637eda688392226dd-medium.jpg 1203w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/e18d.../e18dbc81ac855d76ccc85eeaaaa6669915cd7bdaf0520a4637eda688392226dd-large.jpg 1444w, https://d2w6m9tqyuq94v.cloudfront.net/plonk/e18d.../e18dbc81ac855d76ccc85eeaaaa6669915cd7bdaf0520a4637eda688392226dd-xlarge.jpg 1444w)