Travel takes Penang-born painter back to his roots

Cheng says some of the artworks from the ‘Impression’ exhibition were inspired by his trip to the Himalayas in 2019. — Photos: LOW BOON TAT/The Star

IN a departure from his signature medium of Chinese ink on rice paper, Malaysian artist Cheng Haw-Chien has created oil on canvas artworks for his latest exhibition.

Impression marks the first solo oil painting show of Penang-born Cheng, who is also an accomplished calligrapher, poet, author and educator.