Heng Eow Lin, is one of the early stalwarts of Nanyang Art and his paintings vary in execution in Realism and also in abstract, or combining both. This work titled At Play showed a group of kids (and parents) in a semi abstract way cramped together on top of one another participating in the game, indulging themselves, having good quality family time. In 2015 (June 27 - July 12), Lin, as the Kedah-born artist is popularly known, was given a major Retrospective by Soka Gakkai Malaysia. It was called A Journey Of 47 Years. In all these years, he keeps on painting, sculpting and taking part in exhibitions, workshops and art camps all over the world, particularly in Thailand. Lin has been a full time artist all his life. When he graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1970, he was given a solo in 1977 by the Singapore Art Museum. His first home solos were at the Malaysian Institute of Art, Kuala Lumpur, and Dewan Sri Pinang, Penang in 1992. He had done a major sculpture commission for the Malacca Museum, monumental sculpture work at Karpal Drive, and for other institutions.