A focus on female artists

By Ooi Kok Chuen

April 2010 PENANG PALETTE
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Some people decide to follow the call of art at an early age; others, later in life, when circumstances allow it. This column takes a closer look at some female artists who have strong connections to Penang, and how art can bring fulfilment and comfort to the artist.FOR NG KIM HEOH, 2010 presents new challenges and an uncertain future. After years of teaching and working her way up to the post of senior assistant in a secondary school in Penang,...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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