Late artist Lim Joo Hong - who is known for the art working style of manipulating brush strokes and spatter marks on the computer - had artistic interests that originated in charcoal, watercolors, and Chinese ink painting.  
Lim, who died at the age of 51, had a short and distinctive career as an artist after stepping down as the CEO of Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) in 2003. In his 20-year-long career in the information technology industry, he was a systems engineer and program manager with the Ministry of Defense before moving to the then National Computer Board. In the late 1990s, he helmed an Internet start-up company called Tricast. In 2003, he resigned after seven months as SCS' CEO, citing ill health stemming from hypertension and high cholesterol levels as the reason. 

The father of three, who studied Chinese painting under cultural medallion winner Chua Ek Kay, was just beginning to attract critical and public interest as an artist when he collapsed at home after jogging on the night of Dec 28 in 2005. His earlier work gives a modern spin on traditional Chinese brushwork and pushes the boundaries of the use of Chinese ink on rice paper. Through his art, Lim invites us to imagine forms within his brushwork - a rainfall, a palace, a swinging chandelier and interlocking leaves. In turn, he reveals to the audience his fascination with China (after living there from 1995 to 1998) and the rich western influences he was exposed to throughout his life.

The Singapore Art Museum had acquired two of his prints, Inside the Crystal Labyrinth and May, in 2003. He had also completed a commission of some 150 artworks for a new Four Seasons hotel in the Maldives. Lim’s earlier exhibitions include Promise and Shared Passions (a two person show held with ceramist and wife, Jessie Lim) and Promise II, held posthumously in TAKSU Singapore and Galerie TAKSU Kuala Lumpur. In 2006, Lim’s prints were featured in Hyper Design, the 6th Shanghai Biennale.