Born in 1923, Lim Tze Peng is mainly a self-taught artist. Ink paintings and calligraphic works are predominantly featured in his work, though there is a small collection of early oils, watercolours and drawings. He created a unique style of ink painting using rich brush and tonal details, and this approach is often regarded as a manifestation of the Nanyang Style in the ink medium. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2003.Lim has a lifelong fascination with trees and he produced countless paintings of them throughout his career. ‘Forest’ is a bold abstraction of interweaving and rhythmic lines that suggest branches, trunks and roots of the woods.
