IMAGING

ARTI4 - Exhibition view

2011-10-05T22:50:00.002+08:00

ARTI4

2011-09-21T20:43:00.003+08:00

There will be an opening of a show featuring recent paintings by 4 artists including yours truly. Do join us at ARTI Gallery in Desa Melawati on the 22nd of September 2011, Thursday at 8pm. See you there!

Those were the days

2011-08-07T08:14:00.003+08:00

I have come across some old slides of my paintings from a student years 10 years back (10 years..... like it was last month) and it was all for the final year assessment. The famous 'Degree Show'. Looking back at it, I can say that I'm proud of myself because of the amout of persistence and preparation in the making of these works are absurd. I can't even believe I could be that patience now. It was 'image-making' process that makes my sanity intact. I always interested in how images are made. The 'close'st relevant reference that i can get to is of course the great Chuck Close, a photo-realist portrait painter. So basically my final year project was about his technique and how it can be applied to images other than portraits. I'm relieved that I didn't go over the formalistic compound when I presented it as opposed to explaining the meaning behind the paintings that will end up screwing my main intention. For academic requirement, students should be able came out with an artist statement. So I came out with simply ...'we need certain distance to be able to see something'... and name all of my paintings 'Imaging-#' which is how this blog name came about.

Among these works are the earlier phase of my final year which focused on image of an animals, gridded and determine the collective colour on each boxes. A sort of reverse-engineer process of computerized pixelation. A great help to learn about how things work. This work end up missing.

Imaging-5
Oil on canvas
2000

The later phase of the year, I tried to eliminate the single object dominance of an image that would've been a 'give away' to the spectator. So I chose to paint an image of a landscape. The first one I did was a smaller piece, probably less than 2'x3', but it took me a month to finished it and the one that amazed me. Sadly this work end up being stolen right after the exhibition is over. If anybody seen it somewhere, please get in touch.

Imaging-3
Oil on canvas
2001

Imaging-4
Oil on canvas
2001

The rest of it are rather large 5'x5' paintings. One goes to the obligatory collection of UiTM's Art & Design Faculty Gallery. All of these original paintings are not with me now. All I have left is their images...... if you can call that ironic.

Imaging-2
Oil on canvas
2001

Imaging-1
Oil on canvas
2001

More D.I.Ys (8 x 10 camera)

2011-06-22T03:54:00.004+08:00

I remember when I was younger, toys and action figures has been phenomenon since there were flocks of good cartoons those days such as Thundercats, Silverhawks, Ghostbusters etc. I was about 8-9 when toy companies came out with alluring advertisment. The only toy I had was Jack Hammer from the cartoon M.A.S.K. which was a prize I got from a Trebor contest. The rest, from Starcom to Ninja turtles with parachute, I did it myself.

Till these days, being sort of photo junkie although my equipments is fairly basic, I envied those who got bagful of gizmos and gadgets. It'll make my life so much easier with those but then it also makes me less thinking about progressing. Anyways, my latest project I've done recently was building a large format camera with full tilt & shift capability. There's still lacking here and there but it works fine for my way of using it. My first attempt was a self portrait below. It'll be hard to focus a subject when the subject is behind the camera. So these are some of the pictures took with my DIY 8x10. I just love the super shallow depth it can produce. Great for portraits.

Kembara Life Drawing UiTM Melaka June 2011

2011-06-21T22:09:00.006+08:00

Managed to do 2 drawings for 2 lighting of the day

Rohaizad Shaari doing landscape

Model Sitting

Amron Omar with his oil pastel

Having a vanity moment with the model

Amron Omar giving a brief talk about techniques of drawing

Yusri, the gallery owner receiving a souvenir for the program

Recently I was asked to join in a 'Live Drawing' road trip to UiTM Melaka branch by ARTI Gallery. It was in Sg. Petani Kedah before this. The trip brought some prominent visual artists in Malaysia namely Amron Omar - a leading figure artist, Rohaizad Shaari - a watercolor artist recently did his 3rd solo at ARTI Gallery, Rosli Mat - a portrait artist who has spent his career as resident artist in 'Fantasi' Magazine in the 90's. The trip is a joint collaboration of ARTI Gallery and UiTM to get back to basic of drawings and gives the students an eye opener. The gallery planned to do a tour around Malaysia and thus to nurture a vast talents in youngsters specifically.

Shoot with Search

2010-12-14T02:28:00.003+08:00

Cool week! Got a chance to shoot with the legendary rock band 'Search'! Awesome dudes. Thanks to brother Nasir, bassist extraordinaire for his warm welcome although it's not part of their schedule and to all the living legends, Amy, Din, Kid and Yazid for their hospitalities. You guys the best! To Kirin, arigato....

Beautiful People

2010-11-30T12:38:00.004+08:00

Imagine
Acrylic on canvas
36"x36"

The Golden Book
Acrylic on canvas
42"x54"

There will be an art exhibition held at Core Design Gallery in Subang Jaya themed 'Beautiful People' on the 5th December 2010 at 8pm. This group exhibition comprises a work by 11 artists including yours truly^^. Besides the exhibition, visitors will be entertained by small laid back music performance. Its NOT going to be boring so see you there!!

This exhibition will be on until 22nd Dec 2010
Core Design Gallery
87, Jalan SS15/2A Subang Jaya
47500, Selangor, Malaysia
(Opposite of Carrefour Subang Jaya)
Tel : 03-56334348 (Sue)

Another take on Pulau Besar

2010-10-27T21:13:00.005+08:00

Alright!
Now that I have done my part on the Pulau Besar Museum, I can relax. It's time to get some more insight on the mystery of Pulau Besar. It's like a teaser before the Museum are actually open to public. Be sure to check it out.

Batu Belah

We'll start with the mystery of this unique looking stone called Batu Belah. No, it's not from the folklore where the stone eats up human. This stone was located in the middle of Pulau Besar on its highest peak. It was a stone broken into two and the distance was not far between each other. The stone with its height of 3 metres had a width of 35 cm crack in the middle and 5 metres depth. There are 3 version of stories regarding the origin of this stone. But the most interesting was about a group of warriors and heroes showing off their own skills and talents. There was one who split the stone at one shot. A man named Panglima Hitam, took up the challenge by showing off his credibility by splitting the stone using his tongue. Ladies...^^.

Gua Yunus

Now we're going to a cave called Gua Yunus. From the local community sources, this cave was previously a living place of Syeikh Yunus. He was described as an aloof Sufi.Once a week,he would come to the local populated area to get his food supply. However, at some point, he was no longer seen on this island.

This situation raised a question mark amongst his friends and the local community. They finally went to the cave to search for him but found out that he was no longer around. It was interesting to note that the stone on which he used to sit had turned white. This was obvious because the stones found in the cave were all black. Various speculations had been made by the local people about his missing.

After he was gone, the cave was put up as a hermitage place for those who wished to learn certain knowledge. It was uncertain whether the knowledge learnt was based on Islamic laws or contrary to them. What captured our interest until now was the mystery and uniqueness of one particular white stone found in the cave.

Tempayan Pecah

This well was closely associated with the event of nenek kebayan who advised her seven children to water her flowery plants and herbs while she went out in search of roots. But it was only performed by her youngest child. Nenek Kebayan advised that the watering process should be performed by taking freshwater using pail from the well and collecting them in the crock. When the crock was full then only they can be used to water the plants.To make the task easier, the youngest child had disobeyed her mother.

As her youngest child was taking the water using the crock to water the plants,nenek kebayan arrived home. Thus, in her hurriedness, the crock that she was carrying crashed and she tried to hide it by digging a burrow in that area. Seeing the incident, nenek kebayan felt strange but her child told her she had found a spring. One strange incident was that the spring was spurting out water from the area which she dug. Until now, the well kept spurting out water and was never dry. This well is located across the tomb of Nenek Kebayan at the end of a golf course.

This one is interesting. Remember the tall tree in the middle of a golf course that cannot be taken down? It was believe that this busut (home of termite) that resembles an image of a little girl holding something is the guardian of this tree. That's why even a crane can't take this tree down. Niceeee.

So, that's all for now. Will update if anything interesting come across. Ciao.

Magical Mystery Tour - Pulau Besar, Melaka

2010-08-20T10:56:00.005+08:00

Couple of years without entry in the art world is considered dealing with exclusivity. That's not the case for this blog. After nearly a year without anything up, it's called lameness. No excitement. Dead.

So lets get this thing started again Rejuvenate! Refresh! With this brand new entry! Magical Mystery Tour! (your comments makes me excited! Write anything)

Recently I was asked to shoot some historical monuments in this 'mystical island' called Pulau Besar (en: Big Island) in Melaka. This Island is believed to be sacred due to the amount of tomb of historical figure that was scattered all around this island. These come with a various versions of myth and the stories that has been spread is interesting enough to make anyone visit it. There is also a new museum on the way. So guys n gals, if you hate parties and love myth and mysteries, go to Pulau Besar.

Pulau Besar

The original tomb was relocated to this well maintained place to protect it from being worshipped by many who's seeking for wishes.

This pond was believed to be the pond of 'the invisible people'(read: orang bunian). What makes it interesting is that there's a school of cute little red fish that were said they never grow bigger.

This unique tree in the middle of the golf course is said to be 'protected'. Many attempts from the owner to bring it down even with heavy machines has come deadlock.

An encounter with an ascetic who's believed to stay put on this rock under this tree for 50 long years. Although he doesn't look comfortable sitting in between rocks, the shade of the tree keeps him going.

No Way Out

2009-12-16T17:42:00.002+08:00

Sometimes luck is just beyond our will.

I need a JOB!!!

2009-11-04T07:24:00.002+08:00

After a long time doing nothing with my Olympus E300, it's time to shoot again. But not with my camera. This time my cousin has asked me to show a thing or two on how to light with off-camera flash and play with lightings. So we're using his gear which is a Nikon D80 with a thing they called CLS (google it, i don't know what it stands for). So, after half an hour trying to figure out how to adjust his speedlight, we gave up and adjust the position instead.

Jali the Cousin

Then came an emerging Malaysian actor to the studio. Wan Raja!!! Actually it's my friend's painting studio and he came to visit him. He asked us to shoot him for his thing so Jali with the camera and I was the light stand.

Wan Raja the Actorrrr

And also something for myself of course. A sandwiched type lighting.

Arip the Great

Happy Eid ul Fitr 1430 (عيد فطر مبارك)

2009-09-25T15:53:00.009+08:00

Wishing all Muslim a Happy Eid ul Fitr 1430. May we all get fat and happy.

Raja Lope

2009-08-28T02:34:00.003+08:00

Singer/Illustrator

GELAGAT by ROHAIZAD SHAARI

2009-08-03T16:23:00.011+08:00

Recently, I was asked to shoot a portrait of one of a few Malaysian watercolor artist, Rohaizad Shaari for his upcoming solo exhibition GELAGAT. I was pleased to do it and came up with outrageous idea in my head that happened to be a crap.

Rohaizad is a simple man and great watercolor artist. He has been making his living by doing watercolor paintings. His subject are mainly landscape of a Malaysian village with his favorite 'gerek' or an 'old bicycle' appeared in nearly every of his paintings. This is a continuance from his first solo exhibition, GEREK (2003), which was more of a reflection of his village life (living in Kedah), apparently became a huge success.

Bebanan
(2006)

With much and rapid 'happenings' in recent years, he couldn't turn away from being affected. In his recent paintings, he has injected his idea of contradiction that has been taken over his surroundings. With an old bicycle again as the main character in his works, the landscape has changed. Social criticism arise obviously as the new environment interjects. But he remains simple. We can see it in the title of his works. Mostly 1 word, the rest of it 2 words.

Krisis
(2008)

Enough of him, lets talk about me. Why did i said my outrageous idea turns into crap?

Most of his paintings are large scale watercolor. Nearly 2 meter width. So I think it would be cool if I can take a picture of him holding a mop soaked in rose syrup getting ready to bash his large paintings. Right? Right?!! wrong.... So I just took a low-key portrait of him for presumably his catalogue cover which end up in the inner page. It looks cool.

Anyway back to him...

Be sure you be there to check out Rohaizad's recent large scale watercolor paintings.
The details are as follows:

Date: 15th August 2009(Sat) | 5pm
Venue: Metro Fine Art, Legend Hotel (The Mall)
Exhibition runs until 29th August 2009

This is how I do shit!

2009-07-21T19:45:00.004+08:00

Credit: Latfy Anuar Latif

Fellow friends often asked me what equipment I use, do you have a special lightings, profoto, elinchrome, bla bla... For most of the time i just admit it and say yes and enjoy their look in their face when i brought out my gear.... My cheap gear. Yes, I'm cheap. I don't like (read: afford) buying the real high quality, no fuss, no risk strobes or lightings. All i have in my bag is 2 manual 1pin flashgun, 2 China made radio remote and few DIY light modifier. As you can see at the pictures above, the thing i held above is my trusty salad bowl beauty dish. There's one more light out of frame I am using straw grid to give a rounded highlight for the background. It was a shoot for a catalogue of an exhibition of a woman artists.

Sometimes I do get sarcasm here and there, but what's life without it? It's fuckin rock n' roll! But what's next in my cheap agenda is to upgrade my salad bowl into a more neater, more professional look beauty dish. Beware!!

Besides the salad bowl and the straw grid, I also have the essential softbox for a smooth lighting that comes with a pvc pipe lightstand. All DIY. But recently I have upgrade the lightstand with a halogen lamp stand. Not bad at all.

Anyway, this is how i do shit. But what's with the cheap talk without the result right ~(_8?þ)

Dikalajingga: dari kerana mata....

2009-07-07T05:44:00.005+08:00

A group exhibition will be held today (7th June 09) by the group Dikalajingga with an eye catching paintings and drawing entitled Dikalajingga: Dari Kerana Mata.... The show will be held at RA Fine Arts, Jalan Aman, Ampang (Near City Square). The exhibition, that consist of 5 artists Nurazmal Yusoff, Zulkiflee Zainul Abidin, Khairina Khairuddin, Haris Ahmad Hamsani and Samsuddin Lappo will be presenting with their identical artworks, some are quite cheeky with their deliverance, some are bold and the rest of it are contented. There will be a musical performance by the artists and guest performers. Be sure to check it out today at 8pm. For more info, click here. If you missed it, you lose it! mbbhakkk cekkidot!!

at the Press Conference in RA Fine Arts

Rockers / Rockerz

2009-05-26T23:06:00.002+08:00

Johan a.k.a Joe(top) Rockers vocalist and Jumat(bottom), Rockerz vocalist
(Same band basically)

Shooting Rockers

2009-05-25T17:06:00.007+08:00

So, last Thursday a friend of mine told me that there's a band from the late 80's are going to perform in a small venue in Kg. Pandan. Not knowing what band will perform that night, I went on hoping that there will be familiar head to shoot. The show starts at 10pm, but we (forcing a friend to come along) got there quite early to fill up with dinner. There's a stage at the venue for their usual dangdut karaoke session, but the only 'kutu' with long hair was us. Tried to call the person that informed this, I got no answer.

Something's not right, there....

Then I remembered that he went with the guys from Sayap2 Wings and gave one of them a call. Luckily, the real venue is only beside the dangdut. Problem solved.

Rockers
(Photo taken from muzikrock.com)

Only then I knew that the band that are going to perform is 'Rockers', a late 80's band that I'm not really familiar with. I tried my best not to look like a fool when I approach them, but coolness is not what usually happen to me. First, I talked about guitar with the vocalist Johan(Joe). But thankfully he's a really really nice soft spoken guy, that tries to explain that he haven't 'sang' for nearly 20 years.... ouch*......before i kidnapped him somewhere for a cool background. Second, to make it fast & comfortable for him, I rushed and dropped my light twice before i even shoot! China made product can be really solid sometimes. He then end up calm me down.... But the shoot must go on.

Video by Zul
*Note that hair... that's a lot of years

Joe(middle) with me and Kirin(informer/lightstand)

During the break of their performance, I then approached Jumat (another vocal) also plays guitar that night and guess what? He's a nice guy too. But this time the background is the dark night so I decided to put a backlight to separate him from the darkness. Turned out just ok for me. But I missed to shoot one more member of Rockers that came that night, Rashid(guitar). Will track him down later.

Rashid

Jumat & Rashid

A century year-old birthday boy

2009-05-11T22:10:00.002+08:00

A friend of a friend of mine asked me to shoot an event. It was a birthday party for her pops. He was borned on 10th of May 1909. I couldn't afford to miss the chance taking her 100 years old grandfather's portrait.

Satire in Paint (a solo exhibition by Ali)

2009-05-09T15:23:00.003+08:00

Little big fan Amin (his son)

Nurazmal’s paintings are quiet; still, the colours are soft thinned out layers capturing comical situations, in one, a seated conversation, another a an overheard conversation each with overtones of humour seated clown dolls and hand puppets are painted into what are otherwise mundane events.

Larger than life painted faced self portraits laughingly stare out of the canvas, enticingly drawing you in.

The refreshing difference here is the works are far removed from what one is usually confronted with in the art world, no torturous painful images or politically loaded instruction, and out is the intellectual high brow deep meaning we are often made to believe exists in art.

As on stage comedy is played out, so too here, in these paintings, a theatre for a jester.

-Kakiseni.com

Title :	Satire in Paint
Venue :	Pace Gallery 64 Jalan Kemajuan, Section 12 Petaling Jaya Opening Hours : Daily: 11am - 7pm
Date & Time :	Wed 6 - Sun 24 May 2009
Tickets :	Free Admission
Phone :	03-7954 6069

I'm fined

2009-03-23T02:54:00.003+08:00

Sevilla's striker Frederic Kanoute was fined for the alleged 'political' celebration after scoring a penalty. But he said 'no problem'! The Palestinian Embassy in Spain then thanked him for the support.
Submission for a charity exhibition in National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Cool Band 2

2009-03-12T21:17:00.002+08:00

Remember the cool band in the previous post? I just found out about this band's name, Jam Band. They are so cool! The solos are on fire! And also they asked me if anybody interested on being on vocal. If you think u are cool, feel free to contact me.

If anybody wondering(IF), why the hell this blog is so slow on posting, I just moved in to a new house and have to go to ani sup utara to steal internet from mcdonald's wifi. To watch more Jam Band jam session, click here

Ali - Memo

2009-01-20T02:14:00.004+08:00

A new album is on the way by singer/painter (the first in Malaysia!!!) Ali of Dikala Jingga entitled Memo. Check out the sample song on this album here and if you like the song be a fan and when the album comes out, buy.

Memo

2009-01-13T19:40:00.003+08:00

A promo shoot for his music project he's been working on. Will update on it later on.

Guitar Hero Project begins - Joe Wings

2008-12-26T17:02:00.008+08:00

Group shot of Wings after the show

Me and zul travel all the way to Penang hunting the first Guitar Hero in my list and he was none other than Joe from the legendary band 'Wings' back in 1987. I got the privilege to be backstage and setup a simple lighting for the shoot thanks to Ijan of Sayap-sayap Wings for making it worthwhile.

Joe 'Wings'

The shoot went well. I was backstage and shouted "hey joe, come and sit over here! I wanna shoot your head!" and he said "Yea! Ok!" After couple of shot we shake hand 'rocker' style and they went on to perform. After the show me and Belanda arrange a group shot of them before we all went to Kapitan Restaurant before we head back and I was sooo cool.

It's partially true... actually it went like this.

The shoot went well but I must admit that I failed to make the subject comfortable with a laid back conversation. I was fucking nervous man! A rookie shooting big names. But they were cool with it and that helps. I was getting ready with the setup and they were on the other room when I noticed Joe getting ready for the show. After a while I approached him, intro myself and invite him for a short sitting. He was kinda reluctant that makes me more nervous but I got the shot.

And then came Black the drummer. No problem taking a straight forward portrait of him.

Eddie(Bassist) is great striking an old school year book pose.

And then came Awie, the vocal. I think he was so used to the magazine photoshoot he got no problem getting a magazine look in his photo.

After a while he got self-conscious and strike this one..."Provocative pose from chief of Naga Keramat" he joked about the roumors of him getting involved in a mob.

After the show me and zul went back to our hostel we checked in earlier near Kapitan restaurant to eat. And there again they came at the restaurant. They seems like they can't get enough of us!

Now was the day tomorrow is

2008-12-24T00:26:00.002+08:00

Got a call from Suddin 'star' Lappo to shoot an album cover+promo that still in progress. Last minute power as usual. Tiring but good.

And tomorrow I'll be off to Pesta Pulau Pinang to start the much awaiting 'Hero Gitar' project. Wings will be playing at Tapak Pesta Pulau Pinang tomorrow night at 9 on 24th and 25th Dec. Yes 2 nights in a row. See you there.

None More Black

2008-12-10T03:45:00.002+08:00

Triangular Lighting

2008-10-11T16:10:00.002+08:00

Just came back from Melaka for a job and this guy here brought an extra light for a quick shoot. Three light, means triangular, means cool lightings. His sb800 is spot on but i have a problem with my cheap wireless receiver. Sometimes it flashes but sometimes it doesn't. But hey! I can get 8 of it for 1 pocket wizard. Stop complaining.
So I took this chance for my self indulgence.

Taken by Wan

Raya Family Portrait

2008-10-05T14:05:00.001+08:00

Still in the 'Raya Mood' and the belly is still processing food. Malas mau taip. So just enjoy our Family Portrait '08 with our lovely newest member Mya Elisya.

Salam Aidilfitri

2008-09-27T19:47:00.000+08:00

Tellutau2

2008-09-26T04:56:00.000+08:00

Khairina - The artist

Suddin - The MANAGER!!
A short photoshoot session of Dikala Jingga for their next project by the end of the year.

Caught in the headlight 2

2008-09-04T21:46:00.000+08:00

Yet another progress of the series

Cool Band!

2008-09-04T07:33:00.000+08:00

I came across this jamming session video on youtube and they are quite unbelievable. The band play the covers of 'Search' song and although the quality of the sound is a mess but they sounded like the original! I personally like the solo by the lead guitarist in this band. SUPERB!! :p~~~. Anyway there's a lot more videos of these guys playing 80's classics rock here.

Hamir Soib

2008-08-28T19:40:00.000+08:00

One of the artist in the Matahati group. Went to his 'Gudang' to shoot a portrait of him for my portrait series. A very warm and down to earth guy although he's a big shot in Malaysian visual art scene and probably in Asia. Right at the moment, he's preparing a painting for an exhibition held in Singapore in September. A large 10x10 feet tortoise hanging on the wall that give somewhat an eery feeling when you enter his studio. Most of his paintings are huge. Why? Because he used to work as a set artist for theater and movies, most notably 'Anna and the King'.

The shoot took place in his studio. A large dark poorly lit warehouse in Damansara with lots of props from the previous job. He just finished an interview when I arrived. My camera can't really focus well when we do the headshot because of the dim light and I don't have a modelling light, so he pull out his lighter from his pocket and help me lit his face. He's being really helpful throughout the process seeing me running here and there with a very limited equipment. Thanks dude. Anyway the shoot turns out well. What I need now is an assistance and a damn good equipment.

Prep

2008-08-28T02:48:00.000+08:00

Made a triangular softbox out of wires, cotton, nylon, alluminium foil, etc. Will show the product later on. Anyway this is the test result with the DIY softbox.

A prep to shoot Hamir Soib tomolo..

WANTED

2008-08-27T18:32:00.000+08:00

I have no job

two strip light setup

2008-08-27T03:08:00.000+08:00

Just made 2 striplight and tested on this usual model. Not quite explored with the usability just yet. Just a simple setup in front of his face

Caught In A Headlight

2008-08-16T12:08:00.000+08:00

At last... After looking for a willing model for a photo shoot for a 'Caught in a headlight' mug shot series (which is still on progress), I have started to paint again. I haven't paint for looooong time to be honest and this is a very exciting moment. I've met with Mr. Bad last month and he mentioned that he don't believe a skill will fade if you don't practice which I totally agree. I'm still BAADASSSSS! Anyway, I thought i'd put up some progress of the paintings here.

Test Shot

2008-07-28T13:08:00.000+08:00

I'm in a middle of a mini project on portrait that I've been working on for quite some times now. Its a bit slow in progress but it's there. Anyway, these are the test shot from the actual work I'm workin on.

Dikala Jingga

2008-07-21T12:48:00.000+08:00

Nurazmal Mohd Yusoff aka Ali

Samsuddin Lappo aka Sudin

Studio Dikala Jingga was formed in 2000 when six young artists decided to have an art space after graduating from UiTM Shah Alam in Fine Arts. The group recently organized a three men show entitled 'Tellutau' in Lookiss gallery Damansara. Participating in this show are these men and Zul, managed by Khairina, another member of this group. These shot were taken after the event 'postmortem' :p. The photos of the event can be seen here

Mokhlis

2008-07-14T17:07:00.000+08:00

Qalbi

2008-07-14T16:39:00.000+08:00

Ijat

2008-06-25T04:22:00.000+08:00

And of course there's a portrait

Family Portrait

2008-06-25T02:59:00.000+08:00

Weekend visit to Ijat&Mai and their funny boys. And I meant FUNNY.

Ise 'Parking Project'

2008-06-19T13:35:00.000+08:00

Zul 'dikalajingga'

2008-06-19T13:01:00.000+08:00

Fahrul

2008-06-17T02:58:00.001+08:00

Aziz

2008-06-17T02:56:00.001+08:00

Mior

2008-06-09T16:04:00.000+08:00

Family Portrait Day

2008-06-08T21:26:00.000+08:00

My pick for the best shot of the day

Portrait is fun

2008-06-04T01:30:00.000+08:00

Right After Lunch

2008-04-24T14:18:00.000+08:00

New Gadget

2008-04-04T03:48:00.000+08:00

Yes, it has been 4 months since i've updated this crappy blog/photog but who cares? I've received my new gadget which is a flash combo for portrait from this online store called Gadget Infinity. They sell kinda cheap 'made in china' electronics and other stuffs which is cool for me because i really suck on taking care of my stuffs. So there you go... Oh yea! The combo have two flashguns, a bracket which i dont think i'm gonna use, 2 diffuser that fit on the flashgun but come off easily which is not much problem, diffuser for pop-up flash, and 1 wireless trigger with 2 receiver for the flashes for about RM750 (USD200++) inclusive shipping. Not bad. It's cheaper than 1 Olympus flashgun! Anyway these photo are taken with the items.

Dusted Paintings

2007-11-28T23:02:00.000+08:00

I haven't snap much photos for a few weeks and there's nothing much worth to put up here. So I'm going to exhibit a collections of paintings that I've done in the past years.

ANITA
Acrylic on canvas
12"x9"

I copied her portrait on a newspaper. It was an interview about an issue of botox and claims that she only use a traditional methods thought by her late mother, the legendary Siput Sarawak.

BeeGees Impersonator Nite
@ PJ Hilton
Pelaka on Styrofoam
16ftx16ft
Back in 2001 I was doing part-time at PJ Hilton and the proudest work I've done so far is this gigantic backdrop that took a week to finish. The brave guy on the ladder is me installing pieces by pieces for a one night use disposable backdrop.

Commissioned Portrait
Graphite(Pencil)on paper
37cmx27cm
A friend of a friend of mine ask to do her portrait, so I did.

Macam-macam hal...
Mixed Media
6ftx6ft
Song for friends. This piece won an Honourable Mention for the last Philip Morris Art Award in Malaysia in 2003. Too bad the competition didn't continue in Malaysia so I can reclaim the money I've spent on his product.

Logging for Teh Tarik
Acrylic on canvas
around 3ftx5ft
Environmental themed painting, this was also for competition organized by Global Environmental Centre (GEC) called Art+Earth Young Artist Award and also won Honourable Prize (4th place I think). Luckily I'm still young.

Malfunctioned Concern
around same size above
Acrylic on canvas
A sequel to the 'teh tarik' is also about logging issue but on different context. The title may sound a bit dramatic but the message is quite simple. A careless development plan.

Oil Are Made Of These
around same size above
Mixed Media
I always, and I'm sure most of the people are very concern about the invasion and casualties especially kids in the Middle East. Some people just can't get the fact that differences area made to create harmony.

Shower Your Love On Me
3'x4'
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Made after a visit to one of the quondam battleground, Vietnam also invaded by the same 'hero'. The hero claim to have won the war after they sprayed radioactive 'agent orange' and scram. It leaves the effect generation by generation.

Sultan and Bendahara

2007-11-23T16:36:00.001+08:00

Recent paintings from Arif Fauzan Othman commissioned for display at the new museum in Johor.

Decision Decision

2007-11-01T00:51:00.000+08:00

“Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.”
Dean Hawkes

I say more than half the worry in the world is caused by extremely knowledgeable opportunist.

The Changing World of Work

2007-10-31T09:55:00.000+08:00

Recently I was appointed to take photos for one of the leader in techno-magazine called SURF! for the title stated above. You can find it in your local bookstore and check it out yourself. These pictures below are the ones which didn't make it into the magazine. Check it out!

Wallflower

2007-10-23T14:54:00.000+08:00

A candid shot that I find it interesting as it juxtaposed with the painting on the background.

Holiday Escape

2007-10-19T18:26:00.000+08:00

Duit Raya

2007-09-24T13:49:00.000+08:00

This is a picture of local authority took down over 10 houses and shop lots along Jalan Mat Raji, Padang Jawa. The reason is to widened the drainage system and the road. Source from the local authority said that the houses were built on illegal ground and the resident admits that it is, only they went a bit over the barrier. Fine.
So they don't get compensation because the land is not theirs.
Fine.
On tv9 last night reported that the resident have asked them to postponed the project for at least a month but of course they are professionals, have to be efficient and be right on schedule.
Fine.
Like the report I've made to them about mosquitoes and ask them to fog. It only took them 3 months to process. Anyways, they are doing their jobs. Aidilfitri is coming up. Pocket must be full. All went well...

Contusion In Malaysian History

2007-09-22T04:18:00.001+08:00

Condolences to Nurin's family members.

Special Announcement

2007-09-17T20:44:00.000+08:00

Anuar

2007-09-14T00:00:00.001+08:00

2nd Portraiture attempt

Padang Jawa at Dusk

2007-09-12T01:30:00.000+08:00

F22/30sec/put out most of the yellows

Malaysian Cup Finals

2007-09-09T20:06:00.000+08:00

A Deserved Winner

Frustrated face of Khalid Jamlus

I'm not crazy, I'm only thinking

2007-09-05T02:47:00.000+08:00

Running everywhere at such a speed
Till they find there's no need - John Lennon

I'm not lazy, I'm only sleeping

2007-09-04T02:44:00.001+08:00

Before the Rain

2007-09-03T21:09:00.000+08:00

After the Light Drama

2007-09-03T20:54:00.001+08:00

Lights of Putrajaya

2007-09-03T03:42:00.000+08:00

During MIFC Grand Finale Sept 2, 2007 10pm @ Putrajaya
On standby mode from 6.30pm to get better view of it.

Merdeka Eve

2007-08-31T02:52:00.000+08:00

Festival of Colour and Smell

Celebrating 50 years of Independent (MERDEKA) with people from all over the world. I couldn't get to the main area due to the amount of human being participate in this fiesta. It's my first time being in Dataran Merdeka for the countdown and hopefully I can get a better luck accessing the main event area next time.
MERDEKA!

Self Portrait

2007-08-30T00:12:00.000+08:00

Midnight Moonlight

2007-08-29T23:58:00.001+08:00

OLYMPUS E-300; 30 sec; f4.5; ISO100; 11.34PM

Space Invader

2007-08-29T02:59:00.001+08:00

Inhabitant

2007-08-29T02:41:00.001+08:00

Preserving Memories

2007-08-28T13:24:00.000+08:00

Hour Glass

2007-08-27T23:12:00.000+08:00

www.silvertree-studio.com

2007-08-27T12:39:00.000+08:00

Penang Ferry

2007-08-24T02:24:00.001+08:00

Jelir

2007-08-24T02:05:00.001+08:00

Golden Crow

2007-08-24T01:55:00.001+08:00

Inside Porto

2007-08-23T21:45:00.000+08:00

Performance@Shukri's Solo Exhibition

2007-08-23T15:30:00.001+08:00

Langit Runtuh

2007-08-23T14:45:00.000+08:00