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Five artists, their studios

Painters, a mixed-media artist and a photographer, from Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Each row shows where they work and what of theirs is on our walls.

  1. Hisham Ramli's upstairs studio: a large red and ochre canvas leaning on a peeling wall beside a paint trolley

    Born in Penang, works in George Town · Oil on canvas

    Hisham Ramli

    Abstract painter. Builds oil paint in thick layers of earth colour, then scrapes back until the ground shows through.

    At the gallery

    • Merah Bumi: thick scraped layers of laterite red and rust with a thin charcoal band near the top

      Hisham Ramli

      Merah Bumi, 2026

      Oil on canvas
      125 × 100 cm

      RM 8,500

      Enquire
    • Langit Petang: a wide evening sky in apricot and violet impasto over a dark green horizon

      Hisham Ramli

      Langit Petang, 2026

      Oil on canvas
      90 × 160 cm

      RM 7,200

      Enquire
  2. Rani Devi's studio table covered in batik scraps, thread spools and pigment pots by a tall window

    Kuala Lumpur · Mixed media: textile, thread, paper

    Rani Devi

    Mixed-media artist. Works with batik offcuts, indigo cloth, jute and handmade paper, stitched and pinned onto canvas and board.

    At the gallery

    • Nusantara: torn batik and paper islands stitched across a deep indigo field

      Rani Devi

      Nusantara, 2026

      Batik, indigo cloth, thread and pigment on canvas
      120 × 120 cm

      RM 12,000Sold

      Ask about similar work
    • Akar Tunjang: a tangle of twisted jute roots in relief on an ochre and bone-white ground

      Rani Devi

      Akar Tunjang, 2026

      Jute, earth pigment and plaster on board
      100 × 100 cm

      RM 9,500

      Enquire
  3. Lim Soo Yee's work table with jars of pink and grey paint, gold leaf booklets and two rooftop paintings pinned up

    Penang · Acrylic, gold leaf

    Lim Soo Yee

    Painter. Starts from the rooftops and windows of old towns and flattens them into soft geometry, sometimes with gold leaf.

    At the gallery

    • Urban Drift II: overlapping rooftop planes and shuttered windows in grey-blue and dusty pink

      Lim Soo Yee

      Urban Drift II, 2025

      Acrylic on canvas
      100 × 75 cm

      RM 5,200

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    • Cahaya Subuh: a pale jade and cream field with fragments of gold leaf drifting diagonally

      Lim Soo Yee

      Cahaya Subuh, 2025

      Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
      100 × 80 cm

      RM 6,000Sold

      Ask about similar work
  4. A watercolour of a jetty taped to a tilted board by an open window facing the sea

    Northern peninsula · Watercolour on paper

    Farouk Ishak

    Watercolourist. Paints the coast, the jetties and the rain, mostly from life and mostly in one sitting.

    At the gallery

    • Hujan di Hati: a figure with an umbrella on a rain-soaked shophouse street under one amber lamp

      Farouk Ishak

      Hujan di Hati, 2025

      Watercolour on cotton paper
      57 × 38 cm

      RM 4,800

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    • Bayu Laut: a stilted jetty, a small perahu and wind-bent casuarinas in sea-green washes

      Farouk Ishak

      Bayu Laut, 2025

      Watercolour on cotton paper
      75 × 50 cm

      RM 5,500

      Enquire
  5. A photographer's workroom with a camera on a steel table and resin-sealed prints on a drying rack

    Penang · Photography and resin

    Tan Wei Lin

    Photographer. Prints early-morning street scenes of old towns and seals each one under a layer of clear resin.

    At the gallery

    • Kota Lama: an early-morning five-foot-way of mint plaster arches, timber shutters and a bird cage

      Tan Wei Lin

      Kota Lama, 2024

      Pigment print sealed in resin
      80 × 60 cm

      RM 3,600

      Enquire

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