Before immigrated to Vancouver in 1990, Carmen studied Chinese painting at Extra-Mural Department – Chinese University of Hong Kong, and private lessons for calligraphy and Chinese painting from several art teachers since 1975. In Vancouver, Carmen studied calligraphy from Mr Kam Kai-Chuen whenever she had time. Later, she dedicated a lot of her time learning Chinese painting and calligraphy under the guidance of Mr John Chen. In recent years, she joined many art exhibitions in Vancouver. At present, she is President of Chinese Artists Association of Canada.
She enjoys travelling to see nature. What she observed during travelling inspired her to create artwork idea.
少薇閒時喜愛以書畫自娛. 自1975,先後跟史正中,劉大歩,蕭立聲,及李曼石各位老師學習書畫, 並在香港中文大學校外課程進修國畫. 在1990移民溫哥華後, 閒時便跟甘介川老師學習書法. 之後, 更拜師張恆老師專心學習書畫. 近年在溫哥華參加很多聯展. 現任加拿大中華文化藝術總會會長。
她喜歡旅行去看看大自然。從旅行看到的一切啟發她創作畫的靈感.
