當代藝術家朱楚珠的繪畫以色彩和抽象見稱，作品有如充滿華彩的樂曲。她揮麗自如地以絢麗墨色描繪人身體、靜物和山水，運用墨彩在宣紙上層層渲染，在乾墨上重添色彩，賦予畫作目眩神迷的境界，表現了無窮的生氣和活力。
朱楚珠生於廣東，長於香港。首先學習嶺南派傳統繪畫；及後負笈美國，先後獲紐約康奈爾大學美術學士學位和哥倫比亞大學美術碩士學位，期間十四年全面接受西方正規藝術學院的嚴格訓練。一九七三年返回香港定居，曾任教於香港大學藝術系。作品廣泛在中國、東南亞、歐洲及美加各地展出。
朱楚珠 Nancy Chu Woo, one of Hong Kong’s remarkable contemporary female artists, distinguishes herself by the ever-evolving nuances even with her own highly unique East-West style.
Born in Guangzhou, then raised in Hong Kong, Nancy`s early training in painting was under the tutelage of the renowned Lingnan Schoolmaster Zhao Shao-ang. Nancy then left Hong Kong to pursue her art studies in the US - at Cornell University (BA) and Columbia University (MA), developing an appreciation for Western styles of art and building upon her base of classical Chinese artistic sensibilities.
She did not return to Hong Kong for 14 years until 1973; which has since then been her home. When she first moved to Hong Kong, Nancy eased into the local art world as a lecturer in the Fine Arts department at the University of Hong Kong, before opening her own studio a few years later and switching back to pursue her real interest: creative painting.
Her technique was further honed under the guidance of Lingnan Master Yang Sanshen; her inspirations are from her glocal travels to far-flung destinations, and the end product is distinctively her own.
Nancy Woo has held solo exhibitions in China, Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the United States.
訪談者 / Interviewed by Ann Tsang