Art & Places: Pinang Fountain, Georgetown
At the King Edward’s Place roundabout, there is a sculpture of areca-nut palm (or commonly known as betelnut) standing proudly to greet visitors with it’s unique modern look contrary with the historical Jubilee Clock Tower.
Pencil on Moleskine. Coloring was done digitally.
Standing at 4.8 meters in height, the metal sculpture serves as a fountain where a spray of water comes up from inside the sculpture. Named as Pinang Fountain, the sculpture was erected to commemorate Pulau Pinang which translates ‘the Island of Areca-nut Palm’. History has it that when Portuguese traders discovered Pulau Pinang (which was a small uninhabited island back in the 16th century) they named it “Pulo Pinaom” as there were abundance of Arecanut Palm trees found around the island.
Reference:
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/pinang-fountain.htm
http://www.visitpenang.gov.my/portal3/about-penang/history.html
10 Comments
Niza
Salam Emi,
Love your work. Where can I get your postcards and greeting cards?
Rgds.
emila
Salam Niza, has yet to update my new online shop. Later I do a blog posting on that. Thanks for asking 🙂
Niza
Looking forward to it. I hope it will be soon 🙂
emila
OK, I will get to it A.SA.P. Been procrastinating a lot 🙂
Insyirah
Will this be turned into a postcard?
Syuq
Ohhh.. replika buah pinang. Lihat gambar, jenuh nak meneka :p
emila
Hehehehe…macam telur kan?
emila
Maybe 🙂
dysha sahhir
saya tak reti bt angel2 bagai mcm ne.. hanya flat je
Yukino Hinata
oh this one! nearby padang kota lama. the congested junction, really difficult to find parking over there. *annoyed*