Ryan's paintings in the coming show "Flow of Colours" at KLPac from 9th to 16th November 2014.

Ryan Raveen Raj is a 13-year-old boy who was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome at a very early age. He currently undergoes skills based education  in SM Sinar Bintang, Kepong, where he has managed to maintain good grades while showing noticeable improvements as time progresses.

When Ryan was 11 years old, he started communicating by drawing. What first started off as mere scribbles, slowly began to take shape as animals and characters that Ryan had a fondness for. This was a huge breakthrough, considering the fact that before this Ryan did not have much of an interest in writing.

Upon discovering his new interest, we decided to exploit it in a way to help him improve as an individual. Fortunately, during the course of our search for someone who could help us, we came across an article about Tan See Ling in The Star newspaper. We we're overjoyed as we had finally found someone who was willing to teach art to children with special needs. 

He started painting with Tan See Ling in late 2012 and since then he has shown great interest in art and crafts. Over the course of his time with See Ling, he has produced several pieces of paintings featuring animals he loves, including our two dogs Shadow and Trixie.

Day by day, his technique and form with the brush is improving. Our hope for the future is that Ryan may continue to express himself through art and continue to improve with the help of Ms.Tan See Ling.

Ryan with his paintings

Bear Day Out
 Acrylic on canvas 2014
40cm x 40cm

Fun at Circus

40cm x 40cm

Acrylic on canvas

Learning to paint and adding texture on his work.

A Lovely Dog
Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 40cm
2014

Smart One
Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 40cm
 2014

Ryan with his dogs series

Lovely paintings of Dogs

Ryan and his masterpiece

Sporty
40cm x 40cm
Acrylic on canvas 2014

Ryan and A White Pony
30cm x30cm
Acrylic on canvas
2013

Trixie
40cm x 40cm
Acrylic on canvas
2014