Painted over a span of 3.5 years, artist Sherin Ng Lay Hwa's 32 pieces of art show a great appreciation for Peranakan heritage and culture. Sherin, as she is warmly called, is not descended from the Peranakan Baba Nyonya heritage but was deeply influenced by her grandmother, Madam Tan Siew Kim, who lived a Peranakan lifestyle ... continue reading »

18-year-old Abdul Kareem Jaafar Azzuddin held his first solo art exhibition in his hometown Ipoh recently, showcasing a total of a hundred art works; a collection of six years' worth of paintings and sculptures. The paintings exhibited were in black ink, pencil & colour pencil sketches; charcoal, chalk and acrylic, just to name a few. Kareem, ... continue reading »

Dropped by to visit Ipoh-born artist, Tham Peng Choon, at his art gallery, Artland, during his solo art exhibition recently. Tham, who is in his 60s, graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1971 and has been painting for more than forty years now. Tham, who founded an art academy in Perak ... continue reading »