Propelled by her love for her late father, this accountant opened an art gallery for his 1,000 paintings
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- 26 Sep 2022
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Art gallery owner Low Sok Leng used to be an accountant. For most of her life, she enjoyed a stable job and a comfortable life. She didn’t have artistic aspirations. She didn’t even know how to choose the right frame for a painting.
Yet, last year, the 46-year-old blew through a substantial amount of her life savings to open an art gallery, ARTualize. The math hardly added up. In her first year alone, she paid S$70,000 for rental and to frame the paintings. And she hasn’t been paying herself a salary since.
But Low’s radical life change was never driven by money. It was propelled by the love of a daughter for her late artist father, who had entrusted her with a legacy of a thousand paintings. A rare love story of our times, this is a story of filial piety, quiet sacrifices, and a dream that spans two generations.
FROM ACCOUNTANT TO ART GALLERY OWNER
Low’s father, Low Hai Hong, had always loved art. However, in his early years, he put his artistic dreams on hold to work full-time as a contractor and support his family of five children. Nonetheless, he continued to paint in his free time, pioneering painting oil on rice paper.
When the younger Low graduated from university and became an accountant, she encouraged her father to pursue his artistic dreams. So at the age of 60, he reignited his passion, travelling the world to paint. He stayed in Paris for five months, Melaka for two years and Shanghai for seven years. Read More…
