Baring his he-art and soul with paint and canvas

Colonial structure: Lasak showing his painting on 'Penang Court House' to Gan at the Penang Artists Corner at D'Piazza Mall in Bayan Baru during the opening of his exhibition.

THE most important message an artist can convey to his audience is the ‘story of himself’. Not the painting. Not the frame of his artwork or even the subject.

Penang-born artist Patrick Lasak, 52, said he had kept this passion aflame for more than 35 years and even his kidney problem could not stop him from painting.