About

ibu means "mother" in malay 
and ko 高 is my father's family name.

Hello! I'm Sara, a Singaporean-Canadian painter based in Portugal.

I am a self-taught artist, beginning my journey in 2021. I specialise in wildlife and botanical painting.

From sharing my story online, I had my first selling exhibition in Lagos, Portugal in July 2023. Since then, I have grown this online shop and sell at markets in Lisbon, Portugal every week.

Previously, I worked as a communications coordinator and translator for NGOs focused on educational & rural development in Haiti. I worked primarily with Cité Soleil Community School.

Despite the challenges of life in Haiti, art is everywhere. It showed me how important it is for the human spirit to create and dream.

I hope my paintings give you a feeling of belonging to the earth, and deepen a curiosity into the colours, lines, shapes, and stories found in the wild.

Thank you for being here.

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