Au Yeung Nai Chim, born in Xin Hui, Guangdong Province in 1931. In his early days, he received training in western art. He is able to master a variety of medium, include sketch, watercolour, oil painting, engraving and comic drawing. He loves painting landscapes and human portrait, but also interested in painting flower, fish and cat. In 1950’s, his artworks have been selected and exhibited at the Hua Nan Art Exhibition in Guangzhou and National Youth Art Exhibition. Some of his artworks are collected by National Art Museum of Beijing and Hong Kong Museum of Art. His career path also follows his passion in arts, from book illustrator, graphic designer, to editor of art magazines in 1980’s and art teacher of art schools. In recent days, he concentrates on the study of watercolour and Chinese water-and-ink techniques. His son - Au Yeung In Ji - is also a famous Hong Kong intellectual. The father and son had shared a column in CUP magazine and have organized an exhibition together.
 
Au Yeung’s fame mostly comes from his landscape paintings. His landscapes paintings reflect vivid lifelikeness with only a few patches ink. No matter is “emotion derivates from the environment or “blending of emotion with the environment ”, he is able to master the spiritual concepts of Chinese painting and applied them on his landscape paintings. He brings up a theory of using the knowledge of oil painting and Chinese water-and-ink to get the “meridians” of watercolour through. In order to broaden the techniques of watercolour painting, he tried to apply the colour-mixing method of oil painting and the water-and-ink technique of colour exaggeration to watercolour painting. He believes that the function of a painting is not only to create the image, but also to give a sense of art, i.e. depicts the beauty of nature by refined painting techniques and creates an artistic enjoyment for viewers. Through a series of floral paintings, Au Yeung shows his unique watercolour painting techniques, as well as creating an elegant atmosphere which is seldom found in his painting. By manipulating the contrast between richness and lightness of colours, he created a sense of tranquility. Au Yeung named the exhibition as “Whispering of Flowers” because he wanted to invite the viewers to enjoy a conversation with flowers. “Flower does not speak. What I mean by enjoying a conversation with flower is to listen to your soul. I will be grateful If viewers can use his or her sense and emotion to enjoy the painting and actually feel the fragrance of the flowers”, said by Au Yeung.