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Venus Flytrap 2026
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 cm
The Venus flytrap is one the most wonderful plants in the world - Charles Darwin
The idea of the Venus flytrap started with an interesting family discussion. My husband shared one of his most vivid childhood memories: an encounter with this intriguing plant as a young boy. Like any curious child, he put his finger in the trap and witnessed it snap shut instantly. Our children were astonished, and the discussion spiraled into a flurry of questions: How big was the plant? Did your finger hurt? Did the flower stink?… In short, we were fascinated by this carnivorous plant: a contradictory misfit and an eccentric anomaly in the world of flora. It stands as the evidence of the adaptability and evolutionary nature of living beings.
Venus Flytrap
msolikin
Squeezed between classes,
Defied and refused to conform.
A deadly hunter with a deceptive invite,
Yet vulnerable underfoot.
Relying merely on persistence,
A misfit making its own rules.
Mahjong Series: 發 Faat no.4 2025
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
There are 4 of identical tiles for each mahjong tile. A collection of these identical tiles is called 槓 Gong. This concludes the 發 Faat series.
Mahjong Series: 發 Faat no.3 2025
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
When you win a mahjong game, is it because of the art of strategy or the precision of calculated execution or just pure luck?
Mahjong Series: 發 Faat no.2 2025
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
My previous profession dealt with financial numbers and calculations. These works reflect the part of me which craves precision, clarity and predictability.
Mahjong Series: 發 Faat no.1 2025
Acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 inches
In mahjong, 發 Faat belongs to the Dragon Tiles 三元牌 which are under the Honour Tiles 字牌. The Dragon Tiles are some of the most important and meaningful tiles. The green colour signifies sincerely while the character symbolizes prosperity and wealth, often linked to the saying “to strike it rich”.
Mahjong Series: 發 Faat no.1, 2, 3, 4 2025
Acrylic mahjong tiles
6.3 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm
When canvas turns to tiles
When you hear the sparrows chirping
When you can hold it close
When fortune knocks at your door
Vision 2025
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
Our existence is somewhat similar to a tunnel vision. The universe is vast but we can’t view or know its entirety. Our curiosity is like a telescope, leading us to seek out new visions and novel ideas. Hence, we are curious when we see a tunnel, an aperture or a window. Wondering what’s behind it?
Vision
msolikin
There was a soft velvet curtain
With slight creases and gentle folds
Ever drawn to a flicker of light
Pulling it aside to look outside
Surge 2024
Selected for London Art Biennale 2025
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Available in Limited Edition Prints
Surge
msolikin
It always begins with a stir
No one really knows why
Perhaps it starts with a thought
Follows by restlessness
Which becomes intent
Then it surges and dances
It always begins with a stir…
心 Heart Variation 1 2025
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
As an image appears there are many possibilities how it will manifest as a painting. It is a process of choosing the medium, the technique, colour combinations, the size of the canvas, etc .. As a series of decisions are made, there’s a lingering feeling, pondering and imagining the different outcome if the other possibility was chosen instead. So out of this tugging feeling, a variation is born. This piece is a variation of the earlier work using another style. A style which has been urging me to reveal itself.
心 Heart 2025
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Private Collection
Available in Limited Edition Prints
I asked myself what this word means to me. The answer is not words but the sound of the first heart beats of my children from the ultrasound scan. It means the beginning. Each heart beat is a new moment of beginning. What does this word mean to you?
Geometric shapes have always interest me. The construction of this piece is based on Fibonacci sequence. I’m amazed how nature is able to create mathematically derived shapes. There is order and harmony in the randomness.
Heart
msolikin
Delicate as a flower
Strong as steel
A new beginning
In every beat
EnKounter 2024
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Available in Limited Edition Prints
My visit to a champagne cellar inspired this painting of the eternal Mobius strips. The circles represent thousands of horizontally stacked champagne bottles hidden from the outside world. The mystical Mobius strips signify endless energy, the perpetuation of the dream of the founder and the continuation of legacy and tradition.
Glide 2024
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Available in Limited Edition Prints
Glide
msolikin
Mesmerized by the vastness
Awed by the depth
To feel the embrace
To hear the flutters
Glide through the unknown
Glide through it all
Flow 2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Private Collection
Flow
msolikin
Are you intrigued by the interconnectedness of life?
While each of us has our own path,
we also encounter and coincide with numerous others
Do you wonder about the entanglement of life?
How each of us affects the others,
depends on another, be there for each other
Can you feel…the flow~?
Mahjong 2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Available in Limited Edition Prints
Mahjong is the same and different for everyone. Triumph, defeat, frustration, laughter, regret, excitement and delight.
Mahjong anyone?
宋 Song 2024
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Private Collection
The colours of this piece are inspired by 千里江山圖 (A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains) by 王希孟 (Wang Ximeng) painted during the Song Dynasty (宋朝 960-1279) which was a time of prosperity and advancement. It uses the blue-green shan shui (青綠山水) Chinese painting style with blues and greens as main colours using the scarce mineral pigments azurite and malachite to depict the peaceful and prosperous country. This masterpiece by Wang Ximeng is one of the ten most famous Chinese paintings in history (中國十大名畫) and is in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
家 Home 2023
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Private Collection
Home: a place of warmth and strength
Wooden tones for strength
Red tones for warmth
香 Hong Kong 2023
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Available in Limited Edition Prints
A tribute to Hong Kong’s vibrancy and resilience. It represents the iconic symbol of Hong Kong: a wooden junk boat with red sails on a blue sea.
Summer Is Here 2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 31.5 inches
Journal Entry and Varnished in Oct 2025:
As I revisit one of my earliest works, ‘Summer is here 2020’, I reflected on how it all started. It was during lockdown when my kids’ screen time skyrocketed. Tired of the nagging, I began to paint: bold loud colours and words that screamed for attention. An honest display and a chance for them to discover that any non-screen activities could also offer some joy.
While I have limited success, I am rewarded with so much more. A special personal journey and the knowledge that an army of fellow artists are doing the same. The irony is, I got this knowledge by navigating the media and now I am sharing my work on the media. The real lesson is for me: how to balance on/offline and to realize what the online world is capable of presenting. In the meantime, I’ll continue to enjoy standing in the middle and balancing on this seesaw and hope my kids will notice.
家 Home 2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Private Collection
樂 Joy 2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 30 inches
M 2022
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Private Collection
Sunflake No 2 2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Sunflake No 1 2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Coffee Is Here 2022
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Love Is Here 2022
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Jellycat 2024
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Caryatid 2024
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
A Caryatid is a sculptured female figure used as a column. I was drawn to the beauty, serenity and strength of the caryatids in the museum. The painting is for my female friends who are each so different, but all are strong.
Rainer Cherries 2024
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Fav Cake at La Roche Cafe 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Bagel 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Private Collection
The Merchants 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Very Hot Chilli 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Box of Love for £1 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
Caution Wet Floor 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm
As a mum, signs like this usually caught my attention. Even though the kids are older now, I can’t really shake it off.
Coffee Helps 2023
Water colour on paper
21 x 30 cm