People came to #WEEDS/RUMPAI. Lots of them. Many I’d never met before. They ate and talked and drank and listened and sat down to make art. The artworks I’d made were hanging in the background. But it was what was happening around the art that mattered. It was what I wanted, and hoped and dreamed. Yeoh… Read more
Final weed comes from the top of Tanjung Tuan, where the lighthouse is. A bank of these flowers grows there wild, overlooking the sea. During the great raptor migration in March, birds of prey wheel in from that horizon beyond. They come from Japan, Siberia, Russia, Mongolia, Korea and converge in Tanjung Tuan. It’s a sight to behold, those… Read more
A bunch of clover. Lately I’ve seen the clover blooming with little yellow flowers. Wanna see all 30 Days of Weeds? I made paintings based on these drawings! Go go go to there: WEEDS/RUMPAI series.
Another one that grows happily in the cracks. Wanna see all 30 Days of Weeds? I made paintings based on these drawings! Go go go to there: WEEDS/RUMPAI series.
STEP 1 – Get a flag somehow: STEP 2 – Identify weed. Draw/photograph/otherwise make an image of it: STEP 3 – Make a grid to scale and put it over the image: STEP 4 – Transfer drawing to flag with wax pencil. The grid helps. Coffee and blind faith helps: STEP 5 – Paint in… Read more
Furry little balls. Fun to look at, fun to draw. Wanna see all 30 Days of Weeds? I made paintings based on these drawings! Go go go to there: WEEDS/RUMPAI series.
The day I leave Port Dickson to do the #WEEDS/RUMPAI exhibition (this Sunday, 10 March folks!!), our deputy prime minister Muyhiddin Yasin comes to town. Where the big wigs go, the flags will follow. Or is it the other way around? They even got the local council to come out and sweep the roads (you can… Read more
These tiny stems grow all over the lawn when I don’t keep the grass short. They’re really small. I noticed them when raking up leaves for compost. Wanna see all 30 Days of Weeds? I made paintings based on these drawings! Go go go to there: WEEDS/RUMPAI series.
