The Kampong Gelam Mural, located at 92 Arab Street, depicts the history and culture of Kampong Gelam. It was painted in a span of 25 days in Aug 2023. On one wall, it depicts Kg Gelam’s early days by the seafront. Then, the Sultan Mosque had a Nusantara-style pyramidal-roof. The Istana was the Sultan’s palace. Traders from the Malay Archipelago, Middle East, China and India set up businesses in the area. The Mural’s lower parts showcase some of these trades such as textile and diamond trading, book printing, tombstone engraving, iron smithing. Kg Gelam was also once a Haj hub where pilgrims f ..read more

National Museum of Singapore Foyer (1 Jan to 31 March 2023). This is an animation of 8 of my street murals ..read more

Asia Expo, Lyon, France, 2022 ..read more

This painting was done partly in a goat & horse stable in Cicerale , and partly in a vineyard in Benevento. It depicts an imaginary dream scene of the Sannio Wine Festival happening at the Singapore River. The river bank is lined with restaurants. People are enjoying food paired with wine. The festival also features mobile snack stalls and a traditional stilt tentage stage where an Italian Opera is performing. The place is brimming in a festive mood!  The charming Sannio wine region surrounds the city of Benevento in Southern Italy. The region produces the ancient Falanghina whi ..read more

This painting took 1.5 years to complete (Aug 2021 to Jan 2023). It is made up of 28 panels joined together, depicting panoramic scenes of Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s. The physical original painting will be exhibited from 29 Nov 2023 to 26 Dec 2023 at a venue to be announced soon. The exhibition entry is free of charge and everyone is welcome. Meanwhile, you can view the online version at your own pace and read the stories via the following Straits Times Interactive link by scrolling up/down : Interactive viewing of the 60m Painting ..read more

Features 30 Canvas Paintings/Sketches of my imagination of olden day Singapore.They are panoramic yet intricate scenes, such that one can walk into the paintings, listen to the conversations, and watch as the stories unfold. Download Catalogue ..read more

The mural is at the back alley of 58 Arab Street (off Baghdad Street). For a very long time, the units were filled with wicker and rattan basket shops. They were iconic and very photogenic. They all closed just before Covid hit. To remember the iconic sight, the house owner who commissioned the mural, requested for the theme of the basket shops. But I wanted to make it whimsical. So I made the scene realistic yet  disproportionate – between the baskets, the 3 cats, the fisherman and the laundry. I also created a faux roof from the shape of the wall, a fishing rod from the earthing cable ..read more

Lau Choy Seng (劉再成) was established on 10 Oct 1948 behind this mural.  Half of the shop made and sold wooden clogs, while the other half sold kitchenware. Wooden clogs were popularly worn in the kitchen and wet markets then, but by the 1980s, rubber sandals became more popular and the clog business was closed. The kitchenware business was passed down to the family’s second and third generations and continues to thrive to this day. Mural is at 25 Temple Street, Chinatown ..read more

The Hindustanis are a community who trace their roots to the present-day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Gangetic heartland, which was known as Hindustan in the early colonial era.  They are a small minority who have been present in Singapore since the island’s establishment as a British trading outpost in the early 19th century. From a predominantly subaltern role in the early   years, comprising dairy farmers, dhobis (washermen) and jagas (watchmen), the community has transformed into one where the younger generation is now made up mainly   of educated professionals and e ..read more

This small mural at the corner of Arab Street (123A) and North Bridge Road depicts a traditional Mamashop and a Money changer. For a change, I painted the mural in monochrome, so that it can focus on the portraits in a more artistry and poetic style. Mr Hamid ran the mamashop at that exact spot. He sat at the busy five-foot-way all day and night manning the store selling snacks, drinks and newspapers. In his teens, he arrived in Singapore from Chennai, India, in 1952 to take over his grandfather’s mamashop. He believed the shop was at the same spot for over a hundred years. He rented a living ..read more