Art & Places: Singapore Zoo illustration by Sally Heinrich
One thing that I love about travelling is to discover art. When I visited Singapore Zoo with my family, this illustration really caught my attention. The details of trees, plants and animals are amazingly and finely done. The information of the illustrator is not written there, I did look hard through the details to find signature of the creator but could not find any.
Finding the information on the Internet was not easy as well without the right keywords. I searched for Singapore Zoo illustration/s, Singapore Zoo illustrator but could not find any information. Then I hit ‘Singapore mural illustrator’ and voila! #3 search on the list leads me to Sally Heinrich. The illustration has been done by Sally for Singapore Zoo. Other than four sections of the mural (each approximately 100cm x 75 cm), the mural has been used in the Zoo shop, and also on buses, packaging and merchandising.
Sally has illustrated more than twenty books as well as writing and illustrating her own picture books, non-fiction information and activity books and novels. Besides publishers, her clients include advertising and environmental agencies, design studios and Government departments. Her commissioned artwork ranges in scale from wine labels to a mural for the Singapore Zoo, to one-off pieces for celebrations such as weddings and birthdays. She also regularly runs workshops in creative writing and illustration for both children and adults.
Her work has been recognised through fellowships from the Asialink Foundation, The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust, Varuna-the Writer’s Centre and Arts SA, and her original artwork and lino-prints have been exhibited in Australia and Asia.
Having previously lived in Darwin, Sydney, Singapore and Malaysia, Sally is currently based in Adelaide.
Here’s Yassin admiring the details of the illustration.
Information credit: http://www.sallyheinrich.com/
38 Comments
marvic
chop
marvic
that illustration remind me of my own drawing masa exam SPM.. hahaha.. lukis isi dlm hutan mcm ni la.. hehe
marvic
and i got myself an A for Pendidikan Seni in SPM tahun 1999..
marvic
eh masa tu x pakai alphabet tp grade.. got grade 1 for Pendidikan Seni 🙂
emila
Nice kan the illustration? Love it. Masa SPM akak ambil tajuk road construction. We had the privilege to choose from 6 titles. I went and asked everybody their selection and nobody wants to draw road construction. So I did.
Syuq
Saya pun sangat suka dengan gaya lukisan Sally Heinrich ni. Kemas, teliti dan jelas… seperti lukisan K.Em juga. Tapi tak dapat pula buka websitenya. Nanti cuba lagi lah…
emila
Lawa kan, Syuq? Website dia heavy sikit sebab banyak gambar. Samalah dengan blog akak ni hehhe
Syuq
Kat sekolah saya saya tak ada SPM Pendidikan Seni. Masa form 1 sampai form 3 ada subjek Pendidikan Seni, tapi tak ditekankan sangat..lebih kepada subjek lain untuk PMR… Adakalanya waktu pendidikan seni ganti dengan ulangkaji subjek lain.. Ohhh..patutlah saya kurang pandai lukis hehehehe
emila
Kak Emi kelas Sains, memang tak ada Pendidikan Seni so what I did was, tukar subjek Add Math ke Seni. Nasib baik boleh tukar.
marvic
aah.. tips utk lulus dgn cemerlang in Pendidikan Seni, masa exam, pilih soalan mana yg org lain xkan jawap.. sbb keberatan markah lebih pada soalan yg kurang dijawap org lain..LOL.. me buat yg itu juga..
marvic
actually me love Pendidikan Seni so much tp x bole buat terang-terangan depan parent sbb they dont like me asyik melukis mewarna.. kecuali projek seni utk SPM je mereka akan layan.. buat projek sulaman benang alas kaki utk SPM.. hahaha
Syuq
Wahh…guna k.em dan marvic guna tips yang sama. Patutlah sama-sama cemerlang :)Ramai ke kawan-kawan sekolah yang ambil subjek lukisan? Kebanyakan yang ambil lukisan rasanya memang dah ada bakat semulajadi, cuma perlu asah je.
Syuq
Wahh…k.em dan marvic guna tips yang sama. Patutlah sama-sama cemerlang :)Ramai ke kawan-kawan sekolah yang ambil subjek lukisan? Kebanyakan yang ambil lukisan rasanya memang dah ada bakat semulajadi, cuma perlu asah je.
azah
cantik! detail gila.. 🙂
azah
blog akak ringan. best bukak 😀
azah
fuh hebat marvic. saya tak pernah ambil seni masa spm///
emila
Ya? Alhamdulillah. Ingatkan berat sebab banyak gambar.
Sally Heinrich
Hi Emilia – I just stumbled on your blog about the Zoo. Terimah Kasih! Your artwork is lovely. Best wishes, Sally
emila
Hi Sally! Thank you so much for dropping by!
Lya
Saya tertanya-tanya, berapa banyakkah kesabaran yang dikumpulkan untuk menghasilkan garisan2 tu semua. Absolutely gorgeous!
emila
Tahap gaban.
valgalart
lovely work and Yassin is adorable 🙂
jaja
sis… when will you turn to do it at zoo negara.. hehe 😀
Hazural
Lovely & colourful artwork 😉
ainur roslan
so colourful and artistic
Lya
Kak Em sangat kreatif… 🙂
Lya
Yup! Totally agree!
Lya
True!
jaja
betul betul betul
Libby
Saya pun tak pandai lukis…..aiks
kadang-kadang tengok lukisan comel comel orang lain ..memang best
Libby
memang takdir Cik Emila dalam bidang arts, rasanya tiada orang yang akan buang add math untuk seni kot…huhu..salute ^_^
Libby
Cantik sungguh mural kat zoo ini, sekarang Malaysia pun dah banyak street mural. Dunia jadi cantik dan warni warni serta ceria disebabkan lukisan (art)
Hazural
congrats!
Hazural
Akak pun sama 🙁
Hazural
yup!
Hazural
pilihan yang terbaek buat k.em 😉
Hazural
colourfull!
Hazural
bagusnyaa…