Pei Lim

I live in a world with many rules and regulations. Through art, I am free to explore with uncensored emotional ties and with a level of passion I am ordinarily too reserved to reveal. Art is an outlet of selfish expression for me. My approach to art may be unconventional. As a self taught artist, my style tends to evolve with the influence I experience, either through visual art, music, literature, or through intuition.

My attraction to the unexplained and mysterious has been with me since childhood. As a child growing up in South East Asia, my subconscious was steeped in a culture of folklores concerning the supernatural and the spiritual. This terrain has become a rich source of inspiration for me and these esoteric concepts are visible in much of my work.

I also like to explore the subject of a complex human mind. Subliminal messages are sent, emotions are misinterpreted and body language is misleading. I want to exploit and capture this aspect of the human psyche by telling a story through the characters I paint. The female figure within my painting is the main storyteller, where I develop her to communicate how I perceive the world I live in.