Thursday 4 August 2016

Fitri Raslan, born in 1995 is diagnosed as Asperger. He has been with Ms See Ling since 2008 till today. It started out as a form of therapy and we have seen marked improvements since then. He always had a problem with his fine motor skills. Whence before he struggled with details, he is much better now though still struggling. He does get frustrated but he is a persevere person. Art has proven to be a good form of therapy for him. He has had annual exhibitions jointly with other special artists organised by Tutti Art Club since 2011 at various venues. Some of his marked achievements is that his paintings have been bought by collectors in Malaysia and even in the UK and USA with some keen interests from Australia. Pink Jambu, a renowned local batik designer based in Majestic Hotel also transformed his works into various batik products and being sold in various YTL hotel outlets and Datai Langkawi. The next possible outlets will be the Johor Premium Outlet and the newly renovated Genting Highlands resort.

Mexican Catina (30"x 24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Villa Marguerite (24"x 24") Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Fitri posing with his fans, Pebbles and Ollie 
Proud Artist with his mentor Seeling and her dogs and cat.


Fitri with his "Colourful Doors and Windows"  (24"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Colourful Door and Windows (24"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

A Mexican Heart Door (30"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

A Mexican Sun Door  (24"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

A Mexican Turquoise Door  (24"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Mexican Fountain in Puebla (24"x30") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Frida Khalo's Museum  (30"x24") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Door To Frida's Museum  (24"x30") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Mexican Shop (Nemi Zabato) (24"x30") Acrylic on canvas 2016

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Ten-year old Nasreen is the youngest child in a family of four children ,a sister and two brothers. She was diagnosed having mild autism disorder at the age of three. Since the age of four, Nasreen was observed to have the talent and passion for drawing. Nasreen started taking art class with Seeling in late 2013. To date, she has more than 80 paintings - covering human figures, animals, fruits, flowers and still life. On 18th May, 2016 Nasreen was invited by the Islamic Art Museum to teach art to a group of children as part of the museum’s activities to celebrate World Museum Day, under the name of “Meet the Little Artist.” This activity was made possible with the assistance of Seeling. In addition, six of her paintings were also showcased in this event. Nasreen is currently in Standard Three in an inclusive classroom at Sekolah Kebangsaan Cheras Indah, Selangor. For this year, the school had their first Special Education Carnival from May 20-21, 2016. As part of their program, the school showcased 42 of Nasreen’s paintings in the school hall for these two days. In addition, Nasreen also participates in speech therapy classes which is now entering its sixth year. Her biomedical therapy which addresses physiological and physical development issues is also into its sixth year. The paintings for this year’s exhibition is Bali inspired art, depicting several aspects of the way of life on this island.

Blue Beauty (50cm x40cm ) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Jumbo Ride (50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Fishermen's Catch ( 50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Harvesting Time ( 50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Dancing Queens ( 50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Bali Flowers (50cm x40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Gift for You (50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Farm Visit ( 50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Awesome Pawsome ( 50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Three Sisters (50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on Canvas 2016

Nasreen with  her masterpieces 

Nasreen with her mentor Seeling

As a child, Irfan who is a Down Syndrome, was born in February 1984, had struggled with speech delay and fine motor skills. At the age of 6, he attended Kiwanis then was given a place in the Government School, as one of the pioneer students in the special class. He was taught languages, crafts and cooking. But he was not able to do much, due to his eyes. He has Amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye. It was a struggle for him to do most of the craftwork in school. He started his painting class with his mentor, Seeling in September 2015. His teacher had explored his ability in painting on different topics and realised that Irfan has limitation to achieve certain visual ecstatic in his work.The strokes in his works usually can only go to a certain length and his teacher has to keep shifting and moving his canvas around. He has poor hand and motor coordination due to his visual disorder and as a result he is unable to paint straight lines from one end to the other end. His paintings emphasize more on exploration of short strokes with different hue of colours.This is Irfan first group show with Tutti Art Club. Now he has done more than 40 pieces of paintings. His theme for this show is a series of colourful Hills and Mountains.

Green Hills ( 50cm x40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016 

 Sunset (50x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Organ Mountains (Desert Peak) ( 50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Beautiful Rocks At The Beach (50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Red Hills (50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Violet Hills (50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Little Red Hills (50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Green Valley Park ( 50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on canvas 2016

The Mighty Blue Mountain ( 50cm x 40cm ) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Rocky Mountain (50cm x 40cm) Acrylic on canvas 2016

Irfan Salim with his masterpieces for his coming show

Irfan with his mentor Seeling