About the artist

Hiya. My name is Suzi Chua. I am a Malaysian stone and pet artist living in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. I am married to a wonderful husband and have three beautiful sons. I also have a cat and a dog to complete my family.

As with all children, drawing starts at home and in school. Art was my favourite subject as I constantly won prizes for art competition. I love painting and drawing animals since I could remember.

Animals are the colors of our planet. Each breed is unique and beautiful. I am happy that I have the skills to make the animals come alive on paper or stones. I started painting as a hobby. In the beginning, I would give my masterpieces to close friends and relatives as gifts. I would paint anything I like but most times, I enjoy painting birds. I love our Malaysian birds. They are all so beautiful and so very very special. I enjoy creating artwork that people love and it brings me great pleasure to see them hang it proudly on their walls. Pastel paints are very exciting to explore and their colors are fantastic.

Discovering the magic of stone paintings

Actually, I discovered stone painting by accident. My hubby bought some stones to enhance his garden and I remember wanting to put some color on these white stones. So I painted flowers on them. They look really beautiful. Then I painted frogs and toads and butterflies and after some time, the animals of the universe started appearing…it was really fun. Stone painting is truly a very unique work of art and one of a kind!!! These beautiful work of art can be used as decorative items, door stopper, paperweights or as gifts for any occasions. I remember putting some stone rats in the garden and someone screamed when she saw it…thankfully she didn’t stomped her foot on them.

Art for pets

Today, I am also a pet artist because of snowboy, my maltese dog. I started painting pets portrait for friends and now I like to have the opportunity to give all pet owners a chance to own an original painting of their beautiful furkids. The love and bonding between a pet and owner is so very amazing. Sometimes, pet portraits are commissioned by friends who wants to remember their beloved furkid who had passed on. It is moments like these that gives me great meaning to my work as an artist.

No, there are no diplomas or degrees in art hanging on my wall to certify me an artist. I am just an ordinary woman painting extraordinary work of art. To my family, relatives and all my friends, I thank you for your love and encouragement. To God, I thank you for my artistic gift and I will continue creating colors in this life.

Thank you and God Bless. May each of you have the opportunities to do the things you want to do in this life!!!

Sai Ram

SUZI CHUA

*UPDATED* : Check out newspaper appearances in local papers here!