June AhBeng

June AhBeng was born in Kuching in 1971. Her passion for painting began when she was five. Apart from painting, she also possesses photography skills, from her artistically natured father, the late Raphael Scott AhBeng.

June’s paintings combine the ‘stilettos’ and vanity in intimate moments of play and leisure, which explains why there are ‘stilettos’ symbolizing her belief that life should always be full of pretty things and happiness. With an illustrative and narrative quality, her works are simultaneously comforting and intriguing.

Despite the whimsical childlike subject matter, her works exhibit a more sophisticated and mature painting style. Aesthetically pleasing and emotionally accessible to both children and adults, her works will undoubtedly appeal to many.

Over the years, June has painted for private collectors in Malaysia and abroad.

I’ve been creating art since early childhood. I started painting tiny pictures because it was handy during my travelling days with watercolours and acrylics, and soon discovered that I liked to create textured art paintings on large size canvases. My creative process is not easy. It’s not just splashing paint to make a nice looking piece of artwork to hang it on a wall — for me there’s more than just paints, brushes, knives, solvents and canvas.

Each one of my paintings has a story behind it. They’re part of my dreams, hopes for tomorrow, memories from yesterday, dreams of the future. When I’m in front of the easel I release a substantial amount of passion and energy on each art piece I am working on. When you are buying one of my paintings it comes with a little part of my soul in it.