• Art & Places,  Family travel,  Kuala Lumpur,  sculpture

    Art & Places: Whale and Dolphins Sculpture, KLCC Park

    This Whale and Dolphins have always been intriguing to me. My son loves them and I bet other kids love them too!

    whale01My son (right) and his cousin Idham admiring Whale and Dolphins.

    whale
    Whale up-close.

    dolphins
    Dolphins.

    Whale and Dolphins were created by Australian sculptor, John Underwood in 1997. This multi-layered sculpture consists of a 6 meter high whale and two 2.5 metre dolphins. The concept reminds me of three dimensional topography charts.

    One might be wondering why whale and dolphins? As a mother to a kid whose fascination with these animals is humongous, I think I know why Underwood built these animals here. Whale and dolphin can only be found in certain part of the world but certainly not in Malaysia. He is bringing these animals to the local kids in the form of art. This is to let kids appreciate both the animal and art. This sculpture will spark questions of where the animals came from, the taxonomy, the ecology, the evolution, anything there is to know about them. It is our duty to educate our kids about these animals and maybe someday we can take our kids to see the real ones around the world.

    Bring your kids here to enjoy the shallow swimming pool while admiring great public art. Location: KLCC Park near Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur. View map.

     

    Some reference are from: Arcawam

     

  • mixed media,  my books,  ProjectLife365

    PL365: #big_personality

    I hated the first one I drew, so I draw a new one. This is Gunung Ledang princess. I am adding more details and decide to add pen to watercolor unlike the previous one; just watercolor.

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    Princess Gunung Ledang lived in a magical palace at the peak of Gunung Ledang in what is now known as the state of Johore. She was believed to possess magical powers. Stories of her prowess and beauty spread far and wide and reached the ears of the great Sultan of Malacca, Sultan Mahmud Shah son of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah.

    At that time, Malacca was a great and rich country and travelers come from as far as China, Europe and Arab to trade in Malacca. It was a busy and bustling cosmopolitan city.

    This and more soon on my Malaysian Princesses.

  • ARTWORKS,  mixed media,  watercolor

    Sweet pea girl

    Made this for Peter Duke for her grand-daughter. Peter, a fellow children’s book writer, whose 2nd home is in KL,  has been a great support to me and he is always there if I need any advice about children’s book writing. Illustrating this is my way of saying thank you to him.

    Thank you, Peter. Hope your little sweetpea likes this!

    sweetpea

  • FT of Malaysia,  Putrajaya

    Autoshow @ Putrajaya

    The only time I saw fancy colorful cars, like those which may have also utilized shop paint supplies for your car, was when I watched The Cars movie. Remember when the truck was sleepy and McQueen was sleeping safe and sound inside, there was a group of cars with loud music and fire coming out from the exhaust?

    Well, I saw real ones today. My family and I was attending a wedding at Perbadanan Putrajaya hall when we saw an autoshow at Precint 3 Boulevard. We stopped by as my son wants to see the cars up-close. He was very excited!

    Here are some of the pictures I captured during the autoshow.

    Bumblebee
    Yassin and his dad with their favourite Bumblebee.

    fireexhaust
    Whoaaa… fire-spitting exhaust!

    HelloKitty
    Hellooooo Kitty!

    insdieHK
    This shows how the owner loves Hello Kitty so much.

    Bambush
    Bambush.

    ChunLi
    Chun Li.

     More on my Instagram or sidebar mini gallery later!