Ethen Ng (born in 1981) is a self-taught artist from Penang, Malaysia. He enjoyed painting since young and it was there his artistic talent began to develop when he took up pencil and started to draw. Although Ethen began as a fabric designer, his heart began feeling more into fine art, especially painting. Apart from his work as a full-time artist, he conducts art classes in part-time for school children and adults as well. He makes time every day to allow himself in exploring new techniques to enhance his skills. Ethen says, ‘I believe that one will improve himself through extensive observation and continuous learning.’

In “My Pet Series”, Ethen uses his by using ball pens as the only medium in his work. ‘I like the colourful range of ball pens that provides a huge variety of colours and sizes. They give me so much freedom in creating the artwork I desire, I can easily transform what I feel into my drawing. Ball pens give so much pleasure to me even though the time spent on each drawing is rather long. Every single line and stroke are planned carefully, I totally enjoy the process of making it.’

Ethen’s love towards animal is developed by seeing their playful behaviours, like a form of energy driving him to capture their expressions in drawing. In his work, we can always find different expressions and postures of kitties and puppies.

“The Golden” is Ethen latest series with various types of the Southest Asia cultural subject with new colours matching. Perhaps the easiest way to understand the highly complex cultural interaction is by a visual aid. In this series, it is done by using only using gold, yellow ochre and turquoise colours on the canvas. By combining these colours together, “The Golden” is more effective to represent a cultural identity which has never been done before.