Yuen Chee Ling had her own figurative style which often reflect the unique characteristics of pan Asian women with similar egg-shaped faces, cherry blossom lips, pointy nose and sloping shoulders. Returning Home features two ladies, one is seen carrying a baby on her back and the other is holding a vase / pottery, on their way home.
Looking at Yuen’s unwavering artistic development, she was the Real Mc Coy, having done non-figurative works, batik, nudes, sculptures (synthetic marbles) besides all kinds of painting. In Education, her credentials were: A Creative Art Certificate from Universiti Sains Malaysia (1985), and later a PHD, BFA (1983) and MFA (1985) from the University of The Philippines, and her years there mentored by great Professor Virginia Flor Agbayani. As an activist, she was the International Women Artist Council president, Galeri Art Point director, Her Presence In Colors founding president, and she was listed in the Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artist (Great World Publishing, Hong Kong, 1995).