Art Blog

Poon Keng Cheong 潘镜祥 ’s Time Zone

Sok Leng Sok Leng 12/30/2021 3 minute read Exhibition Review

Poon Keng Cheong 潘镜祥 graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1975.  He became a full-time artist after his retirement, having... more »

Monica Chua 蔡艾华 - Singapore, 1989

Sok Leng Sok Leng 12/29/2021 2 minute read Exhibition Review

Monica Chua 蔡艾华 graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1982.  The Singapore artist went to China to further her studies in Chinese ink painting... more »

Diana Lim 林中霞 ’s Cats

Sok Leng Sok Leng 12/22/2021 2 minute read Exhibition Review

Diana Lim Tiong Har 林中霞 is Singapore’s third generation Nanyang artist.  She graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1987.... more »

Sheila Tang 陈欣莲 – Plein air in Singapore

Sok Leng Sok Leng 12/15/2021 3 minute read Exhibition Review

Sheila Tang 陈欣莲 is Singapore’s third generation Nanyang artist.  The Singapore artist graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in... more »

Georgette Chen 張荔英: At Home in the World

Sok Leng Sok Leng 12/04/2021 3 minute read National Gallery

What I love about Georgette Chen 張荔英 is summarised in this quote from her:   “Art to me is a labour of love and like such labours expects... more »

Koeh Sia Yong 许锡勇 ‘s Portraits of Bali

Sok Leng Sok Leng 11/27/2021 2 minute read Exhibition Review

Koeh Sia Yong 许锡勇 is Singapore’s second generation Nanyang artist.   Known for his works of Bali, the art exhibition... more »

Remembering Chng Seok Tin 莊心珍 's passion for life

Sok Leng Sok Leng 09/07/2021 3 minute read Exhibition Review

Chng Seok Tin 莊心珍, Singapore’s second generation Nanyang artist, inductee in Singapore's Women's Hall of Fame, Cultural Medallion winner,... more »

The Society of Chinese Artists: Plein-air in the Pandemic 中华写生展

Sok Leng Sok Leng 07/25/2021 2 minute read Exhibition Review

It has been one and a half years and life in this pandemic has been unsettling, uncertain and uneasy.  Our lives are disrupted, some more than... more »

Lim Tze Peng 林子平 at 100

Sok Leng Sok Leng 07/19/2021 4 minute read Exhibition Review

What do you think you will be doing at 100 years old?  Assuming that you are alive and in reasonably good health of course.   For Lim... more »

To my principal, Lim Yew Kuan 林友权

Sok Leng Sok Leng 05/09/2021 3 minute read Exhibition Review

Dear Principal 校长, That is what we always called you, even though we left Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) for more 50 years, even though you were... more »