Lin Cheung

Art began for me with ceramics in school. The pottery room was a refuge and a place to go and immerse myself in exploring clay. Baking hot in summer with the kiln on and freezing cold in winter with ice on the buckets. A hugely important self-affirming experience of creativity.
Life took me in other directions for several years. A career in business and marketing. Training to become a psychotherapist and then a trainer and supervisor of other therapists. In some ways I consider the training to be a therapist was my art education as well. Not for techniques but for being able to deconstruct and make sense of my experience, explore my inner world and know my own mind to express it creatively.
It was also what led me back to art and the need for more creativity and a personal refuge. My initial forays back into the world of art came in the form of impressionistic oil paintings of landscape. I have always had a strong connection to nature, walking where I live and enjoying the connection to landscape. This exploration lasted for a few years with an increasing interest finding my authentic voice as my work became more abstract, less about external references and more driven by internal imagery.
Now, in my art practice I am intere...

International critical discussion group Bill Porteous and Cheryl Taves 2021/2022
CVP International Online Art Programme
Nicholas Wilton 2017

Middlesex University MSC TA Psychotherapy

Trent Polytechnic BA (Hons) Modern European Studies.

A Level Art and Art and Design

Cupola 30 Anniversary Exhibition
Cupola Gallery Sheffield.