Hsieh Chao-chih (1929 – 2014) began her painting career in retirement at 65 years old. Her paintings portray her lived experience and offer ‘snapshots’ that show how everyday life in Taiwan has changed through the artist’s lifetime. Chao-chih lived in Taipei City’s Wanhua District, where she worked as an accountant. After retirement, inspired by a television program that encouraged housewives to take up painting, she joined the ""Xiao-Ha-Ha""(Happy) Painting Club. She subsequently met Liu Hsiu-mei, a public advocate of the folk art movement, who encouraged Chao-chih to apply her budding talents toward painting her personal story. Thus inspired, Chao-chih combined information from historical archives with her own lived experiences to paint scenes from everyday life in Wanhua District from the Japanese era through the postwar decades. She wrote detailed descriptions for most of her paintings, and, later in her career, posted works to her online blog and Facebook page. Free of academic predispositions, Chao-chih’s historical narratives reflect the genuine experiences of a woman living and working in Taiwan.