"Tea with Matisse" Painting

Shims Seng is a Singaporean-based painter trained in architecture. Her paintings explore still life interiors shaped by tropical flora, domestic objects, collected books, and spatial distortion. Working primarily in acrylic on linen and canvas, she constructs layered interior scenes that compress perception, memory, and atmosphere into quiet psychological spaces. Influenced by modernist painting, architecture, and Southeast Asian domestic environments, Shims' works reflect an attention to colour, pattern, and the emotional resonance of everyday objects. Plants, ceramics, textiles, and interior fragments recur throughout her compositions, creating contemplative spaces that feel both observed and lived within.