Mixed Media on canvas
63 inches x 39.5 inches
160 cm x 100 cm
2020
Notes: From the Art in a Time of Covid series. That in spite of uncertainties and anxieties, we have hope, faith and a good reason to be grateful. Colors heal and light the way for change.

Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 31 inches
2020
Notes: The lotus, symbol of universal peace, represents the spiritual unfoldment of man. Collaged at the bottom of the painting are traditional Peranakan (Straits born Chinese) Patui playing cards.

Mixed media on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2020
Notes: Aspara is a word with its roots in the Sanskrit. It is a female spirit of clouds and water in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. In this work, a carving of an aspara comes collaged onto stretched canvas. To the artist, aspara is an angel. Angel blessings coming your way.

Mixed Media on canvas
36 inches x 36 inches
2020
Notes: An abstraction painted for Earth Day, April 22nd, 2020, in thanksgiving and to honor Mother Earth. Our planet is in crisis and this work is the artist’s painted prayer to return Mother Earth to her true bliss.

Mixed media on round canvas
Diameter: 32 inches
2020
Notes: Water is powerful. Water cleanses and purifies. We are made up mainly of water. This painting honors and gives thanks for the presence of water. Can you imagine life sans water?

Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 24 inches
2020
Notes: One of four in my Peace series.
The lotus is the universal symbol of peace.

Mixed media on canvas
24 inches x 24 inches
2020
Notes: One of four paintings in my Peace Series. Shanti means peace in the Sanskrit.

Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 24 inches
2020
Notes: One of four paintings in my Peace Series. Heping means peace in the Mandarin.

Mixed media on canvas
24 inches x 24 inches
2020
Notes: One of four paintings in my Peace Series. Salam means Peace.

Oil on canvas
18 inches x 36 inches
45 cm x 90 cm
2019

Mixed media on canvas
18 inches x 18 inches
45 cm x 45 cm
2020
Notes: An abstraction in the colors of a vibrant energy. This is the life force at work. What the Chinese call chi as in taichi and chi gung, and the Japanese know as ki, as in akido. What the yogis call prana.

Acrylic on canvas
28 inches x 34 inches
71 cm x 86 cm
2020
Notes: An abstraction expressing concerns over the constant destruction of the fabric of nature. The lament of Mother Earth as she witnesses growing pollution and other acts of abuse of life. Why man continues to disrespect the environment.

Mixed media on canvas
30 inches x 30 inches
2020
Notes: An abstraction of Symbiosis. The need for one another. An Interdependence. The creation of a whole that’s greater than the simple sum of its parts. Basically, just working together.

Mixed Media on canvas
18 inches x 18 inches
45 cm x 45 cm
December 2019
Notes: Specially painted for exhibition in South Korea in 2020 on environmental issues. This abstraction expressed the sorrows of our planet. The anguish and the cries of Mother Earth, as man continues to abuse her.

Acrylic on canvas
53 inches x 87 inches
2019
Notes: Torii is the Japanese archway leading to a sacred place, eg at the entrance of temple grounds.

Acrylic & Oil on canvas
24 inches x 36 inches
2018
Notes: An abstraction of the bamboo.
A symbol of peace, the bamboo is known for its strength and flexibility.
It can bend in the face of strong gushing winds, yet it will not snap. Bamboo can teach us important lessons in life.

Collage & acrylic on canvas
16 inches x 12 inches
2019
Notes: Inspired by the Chinese classic The Butterfly Lovers, from which the painting takes its name.

Mixed Media on canvas
16 inches x 12 inches
2019
Notes: An abstraction expressing the artist’s belief in fulfilling one’s soul’s purpose.

Acrylic on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2019 (Melbourne)
Notes: An abstraction inspired by the late Mother Teresa.

Watercolor & Acrylic on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2019
Notes: A tribute to the lotus blossom that signifies the spiritual journey and unfoldment of aspiring seekers.

Watercolor & Acrylic on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2019
Notes: An abstraction. The artist believes that we are living perfect imperfections.

Acrylic on canvas
53 inches x 67 inches
2019
Notes: An abstraction. Colors bright and vibrant invoking images of a dance of joy.

Acrylic on canvas
63 inches x 85 inches
2019
Notes: In a plethora of rich and vibrant colors, here’s an abstraction romancing the days of Marco Polo at the Imperial court of China. Cathay was the alternative historical name in English for the China of long ago.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 48 inches
2019
Notes: An abstraction with food for thought.

Gouache on paper
22 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2017

Notes: I often return to the Zen meditation practice of the Enzo, a single circle rendered in one brushstroke and completed in just one single long slow breath.

Acrylic on canvas
55 inches x 67 inches
140 cm x 170 cm
2019
Notes: Celebrating the vibrant colors synonymous with the festive season of the Chinese lunar new year.

Collage/Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 48 inches
2018
Notes: An abstraction in salutation of time. Like the tides, time waits for no man. Undeniably time inevitably fascinates.

Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 48 inches
2018
Notes: An abstraction honouring Mother Moon. The moon has certainly inspired many a poet, writer, music composer and artist from time immemorial. And it will continue to do so, for all eternity.

Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 18 inches
2018
Notes: Abstraction.

Collage & Mixed Media on canvas
24 inches x 18 inches
2018
Notes: An abstraction incorporating a collage of lace. The work celebrates vitality, a vibrance that’s the zest of life, that inner spark.

Acrylic on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2018
Notes: Abstraction.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 28 inches
2017
Notes: The artist has always been intrigued with the colors, shapes and forms of the mysterious Cosmos. Inspired by the gogyoshi of Taro Aizu, a new series celebrating The Cosmos has been born.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 28 inches
2017
Notes: The fascination of the galaxy continues, as the imagination shoots for the stars.

Acrylic & ink on paper
22 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2017

Notes: Calligraphy by Tang Sook Kuan

Artist's Collection

Bronze sculpture
Height: 13 inches. Maximum Width: 12 inches
Year completed: 2013
Notes: Celebrating The Mother Series, two sculptures were made in solid bronze, each weighing 18 kilos. This is the first piece, and shows the woman arising from a lotus, a flower synonymous with one’s spiritual development. The woman spots a wild, flowing mane, depicting a very strong energy body.

Collage & acrylic on canvas
28 inches x 61.5 inches
Year completed: 2014
Notes: A boddhisattva rides the The Flow of life. It has been wisely said that all we have to do is to get into The Flow. Because once you are in The Flow, that Flow will support you.

Collage & acrylic on canvas
30 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2014
Notes: A novel painting that can be displayed either vertically or horizontally, as stupas point two options for directions. A collage using stupas from Tibetan prayer flags.

Oil on canvas
24 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2013
Notes: Indeed a very popular Hindu deity, Ganesha is hailed as a god of wisdom and good fortune. Said to be the remover of obstacles, he is particularly worshipped by the merchant community, as the bringer of good luck in business ventures. His vehicle is the mouse.

Oil on canvas
20 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2012
Notes: A contemporary Ganesha, the Hindu deity renowned as the remover of obstacles. Blue, a color synonymous with calmness, tranquility and healing predominates.

Acrylic & Ink on canvas
18 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2016
Notes: It is time for play. The blocks and squares symbolise the many blockages we experience in life. Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, moves these blocks, and catches his vehicle, the scampering mouse. The message here is also to take ourselves less seriously, and lighten the loads we tend to carry in our minds.

Collage in acrylic and ink on canvas
Diameter: 12 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: All too often, on earth, money talks with the loudest voice. Imagination ferries the viewer into the treasury of the Gods, where one is simply at a loss for words at the richness of the Heavens.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: All things in creation are but swirls of moving energy. Moving forces, dancing within and without. Currents and waves in the ever changing ocean of life. The painting was inspired by the words of William Blake, who once declared that "Energy is eternal delight. Energy is the ONLY life."

Acrylic on canvas
13 inches x 13 inches
Year completed: 2017
Notes: We live in the world of maya: of illusions. Maya is often represented by water. And here we have waves, denoting the ever changing patterns of the mind.

Acrylic on canvas
32 inches x 32 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: In many Asian cultures, forests offer a place for spiritual development and meditation. Forests, known to be the home of sacred spirits, also represent immortality. The forest appears in “waves”, towering trees piercing into the sky, skirted by a plethora of luxuriant foliage.

Acrylic & ink on canvas
A collection of 3 paintings: 24 inches x 24 inches, and two smaller paintings, each sized 11.5 inches x 11.5 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: One of the most amazing possessions we have is our minds. One can imagine what existence would be like without the mind. The energy of the mind is astonishing and when keenly aware and alert, is at its most passionate. Such a mind can proceed to accomplish what might seem the impossible. It can take us to great heights.

Acrylic & ink on canvas
18 inches x 18 inches
Year completed: 2015 (Melbourne)
Notes: Waves of colors are believed to signify spiritual energy. As light is energy, and color is light, color is indeed energy. In the Genesis, we read of that very first command: Let there be light. Hence, the declaration of let there be energy, leading to the creation of the fabulous, surprising, and oftentimes unpredictable mind.

Acrylic on canvas
18 inches x 36 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: Mountains often feature in wave like formations. Undulating stretches of highlands rolling on and on, in the countryside. Mountains have always been considered to be the sacred abodes of the Gods, and are believed to be the meeting place between heaven and earth. Mountains symbolise strength, and teaches us to set our minds and our hearts on our highest goals.

Acrylic on canvas
30 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: Waves hold tremendous power of massive inertia. And ancient beliefs have compared waves caused by storms to the arousing of dragons, living in the depths of the seas. Waves, in such instances, also symbolise sudden inroads of the unconscious, when instinctive impulses to attack the spirit are spurred.

Collage in acrylic on canvas
18 inches x 36 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: It was Henry Kissinger who once said that power is the greatest aphrodisiac. Indeed, power is something highly sought after, yet many of us fail to recognise the power within ourselves. Power is an energy that must be respected and without a doubt, the most effective power is that of the power of love. In the Tao Te Ching, it is stated that: "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

Acrylic & oil on canvas
36 inches x 66.7 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: To succeed in life, one must have passion, courage, focus, desire and great determination. With a keen insight, coupled with determination, we can awaken the pure potential that’s within us. Determination often comes in waves, and is certainly empowering. However, in our quiet moments, we should take time to question not just what empowers us, but how we can also empower others?

Collage in acrylic and oil on wood
17.5 inches x 23.5 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: Traditionally, the Japanese torii, or gateway, marks the entrance to a shrine, from the profane and into the space of the sacred. There are no doors on a torii, and the popular interpretation of this absence, is said to be a sign of the perpetual openness of the shrine. As the old meets the new, the lucky cat, a popular icon of the Land of the Rising Sun, stands sentinel, playing gatekeeper.

Acrylic & oil on canvas
26 inches x 30.5 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: Honouring the enzo, which in the Japanese means ‘a circle’. Traditionally, the enzo is rendered in one brushstroke, in one single breath, and forms a meditation amongst practitioners of Zen art. In this instance, the enzo, takes centrestage, in a field of vibrant colors, holding the many precious wisdoms of life.

Ink and acrylic on paper
22 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2016

Notes: Strength is one thing that we always need. Not just physical strength, but mental, emotional and spiritual strength. At times when life serves a platter of dramas for us to contend with, often brute strength is not enough. We need inner strength, that comes from various ways and through different means, be it through prayer, meditation, religious study, or service to the community.

Ink and Acrylic on paper
22 inches x 30 inches
Year completed: 2016

Notes: Going within and connecting with my inner fire. The mood is heightened. Energy gathers into a fireball of passion. I got to just let it out. It cannot be contained any longer.

Acrylic & 0il on canvas
40 inches x 40 inches
2017
Notes: An abstraction celebrating the mythical phoenix. Legends tell of how this fabled bird burnt itself, only to rise again from its ashes, in splendour. The phoenix is an auspicious symbol for many Asian cultures.

Acrylic on canvas
61 inches x 81 inches
2017
Notes: An abstraction of a popular symbol of prosperity and power for many Asian traditions, the dragon continues to fascinate.

Acrylic on canvas
40 inches x 40 inches
2017
Notes: The artist has always been fascinated by trees n honours these gifts of Mother Nature on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas
2 paintings each sized 24 inches x 24 inches.
Year completed: 2017
Notes: Soul is what connects us to others and to everything. And then there is that very special someone who's so you. Two souls so intertwined, hailing from lifetimes ago.

Acrylic on canvas
61 inches x 55.5 inches
Year completed: 2017
Notes: A plethora of colors burst out in a splash suggesting the presence of abundance. Not just of the material kind but that of the flowering of consciousness.

Acrylic on canvas
12 inches x 12 inches
2017 (Melbourne)
Notes: From the Dance Series, Tango celebrates the mystique of this exhilarating dance.

Collage with acrylic on canvas
20 inches x 20 inches
2017 (Melbourne)
Notes: There are no limits to love. We all need love and so do all living beings & things on this planet. Do not be afraid to love.

Acrylic on canvas
12 inches by 12 inches
2017 (Melbourne)
Notes: Abstract of brilliant hues of an exhuberant dance.

Acrylic on canvas
48 inches x 48 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: There’s always a great deal going on in the crucible of life. The fires of purification are aglow with heat being generated in the process. The mood is vibrant as fears get burnt away.

Acrylic on canvas
60 inches x 48 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: Brilliant hues color the domain. It is a place of freedom. Of Celebration. And of joy. A bodhisattva sits upon the branch of a tree. Below giant wild lotuses burst into view.

Acrylic & Oil on canvas
58.5 inches x 41 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: A profusion of pink flowers, reminiscent of sakura, the cherry blossoms of Japan, take pride of place in the artist's Dream Garden. This is her place for Lila, or play, and inspiration.

Oil & acrylic on canvas
18 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2016 (Melbourne)
Notes: In The Talmud, it is written that “The dream is its own interpretation.” Indeed, dreams are perhaps the other side of our waking life. Like myths, claimed Erich Fromm, “ dreams offer vital communications from ourselves to ourselves.”

Acrylic on canvas
32 inches x 32 inches
Year completed: 2016
Notes: Stars have often been associated with deities. Polynesians believe that stars are the eyes of heaven, observing happenings on earth, whilst the Chinese attest that stars directly affect the events on our planet. Very few things can rival the beauty of a star-filled sky, and through the ages, countless poets, artists, and music lovers have continued to romanticise the stars.

Ink on canvas
39.5 inches x 39.5 inches
Year completed: 2013
Notes: Believed to be the abode of the Gods, mountains represent strength and the power within the landscape. Indeed exuding quite a masculine energy. However, balance is at hand, ensured by the feminine presence of the spirit of the mountain. Huge flowers burst in jubilation across the sky, whilst below, the foliage is one of aliveness and abundance.

Oil & Acrylic on canvas
Each panel: 48 inches x 24 inches
Year completed: 2016
Notes: A painting comprising three panels. A symbol of auspiciouness for the Chinese, dragons were often believed to be associated with water. In ancient China, dragons were said to be rain-makers.

Collage in acrylic and oil on canvas
45 inches x 59.25 inches
Year completed: 2016
Notes: Words of peace bless the depths of a garden pond. The time is sunset, and as the sun sinks beyond the horizon, we once again give thanks for abundance and peace.

Acrylic on canvas
36.5 inches x 76 inches
Year completed: 2013
Notes: The bamboo is said to be a symbol of peace, and in ancient times, the Chinese believed that the phoenix, that mythical bird, fed exclusively on bamboo. Here, the evergreen bamboo is presented in red, with the latter color being synonymous with good luck, good fortune and auspiciousness, for the Chinese.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 36 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: A celebration of the color Black. What is black to you? Is it a color of chic sophistication, of sleekness, and the fashion world? Or is it a negative color of darkness, and of death?Yet black, often pegged a non-color, really contains all the colors. Black is what it is to you.

Acrylic on canvas
24 inches x 36 inches
Year completed: 2015
Notes: The twin painting in the Lifelines duo, but this time there are more hints of red, with a cheery yellow peeking out.