Kuo Ju Ping is known for mastering the art of sketching from life and would often organize sketching trips with artists and students to observe nature and people. This works appeals in the simplicity of composition and solid grounding in academic art. Receiving his education at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Kuo Ju Ping was influenced by western art movements from artists who were educated at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux- Arts of Paris. He returned to Penang after graduation in 1940, to manage his family’s import-export business, Sin Guan Thye Company. He was a founder member of the Penang Chinese Art Society in 1936, and a dedicated teacher who regularly conducted classes at Chung Ling High School, Union High School, Li Tek School, and Han Chiang High School. He was honoured with a memorial exhibition by Penang State Art Gallery in 1997. His works are found in the collection of the Penang State Art Gallery, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Art Musuem and the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.