Fitri is a young adult aged 17. When one looks at him, he looks like any teenager his age, enjoys music, has interests in girls but he has a shortcoming once you start a conversation with him. He is autistic, Asperger to be exact so his conversation can be very honest and direct. Art is a form of expression for him, an outlet for all his zest and energy. He is very outgoing and not at all aware of his shortcoming. He loves the limelight and attention. His art interest has moved from buildings to birds due to a recent batik painting exploration to the bird park. Being him, he simply loves to paint and not driven by monetary factors hence his art is genuinely from his pure interest and from his honest self. Do enjoy his art as how best he can express it!
Fitri
Careful Now 18” x 18”
Feeding Time 18” x 18”
Hungry Duck 18” x 18”
Fitri
Soaring Bird 18” x 18”
Territorial 18” x 18”
Ling Yee is a 21 year-old young adult. Born in 9th December 1991, she’s diagnosed with autism when she was 4 years old. Ling Yee is the third child in her family and has an elder sister, elder brother and a younger brother. She currently lives with her family. Ling Yee has been working at Work Base in Malaysian Care for few years now, and she’s learning to be an independent child when her parents or family is not around to help her. She is a very clever and hardworking girl and is always helping her mother in house chores whenever possible. Though hardworking, she will sometimes throw tantrums when things do not go her way, but will quickly cool down after a while.
Ling Yee
Happy Cats (set of 4) 24” x 24”
Her favorite pastime includes drawing, coloring, online, gaming and listening to music. She has shown interest in art and drawing since young, and is always seen drawing her favorite cartoon character’s costumes during her pastime. She started art class with artist Tan See Ling since June 2012. This art class is a new challenge to her as she’s learning to use another type of material other than coloring pencil; which she’s familiar since young. Her mother hopes that through drawing, her patience and skill will be widen.
Cat at Fish Market 18” x 18”
Sharing A Fish 18” x 18”
Suen Yi is 7 this year. She started at thumbartstudio in January and enjoys drawing in pencils and acrylic. She loves Ben & Holly, Canimals and Peppa Pig. She lives with her brother Yik Chen, baby sister Chien Yi, and her parents in KL.
Suen Yi
A Day (set of 4) 24” x 24”
Dessert (set of 4) 24” x 24”
Holiday (set of 4) 24” x 24”
Nadiah is a happy 13 year-old teenager who lives with her mum, younger brother and 5 other family members at her grandmother's home in Ampang. She currently attends the pendidikan khas class in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati, as well as tuition classes, music therapy, clay lessons, and of course, art lessons with art teacher, Auntie Seeling. During her free time, she enjoys doing some cycling, swimming, and drawing. Her number one favorite pastime till today is still bubble bath (evidence of this is seen from her previous paintings which she drew many pictures of a girl enjoying her bubble bath). Traveling is a must every 2-3 months, and she would be the one making the request and insists on the same favorite destinations such as Mines Hotel in Sri Kembangan and Kelantan. Giving in to her subtle 'requests' is a necessity for the entire family's peace and quite. A girly-girl by appearance, and quite a vain one too, do not be deceived by this girly side of her. She loves activities that gives her an adrenaline rush such as fast and bumpy boat rides, touch water parasailing, roller coaster rides, just to name a few.
Nadiah
A Bath Together 18” x 18”
An easy child to please, she doesn't asks for much except for the occasional kfc fried chicken, 'leaf' fried egg, chicken goreng, mcdonald's fries, nando's chicken, chinese fried rice, chicken rice, Polly pocket dolls, and of course the short holidays...
Fruits and Vegetables 18” x 18”
Green Angel 18” x 18”
Lady in Bubble Bath 18” x 18”
Sun Bathing at the Beach 18” x 18”
Zahra is a lovely Down Syndrome girl who was born in 2000 and has gone through her growing process assisted by the best therapists and counselors. Zahra entered primary school when she was 6 years old as a normal child in an ordinary school and her progress in education was good. Last year, she and her family moved to Malaysia and after 6 months practice in English she can speak, read and write, and currently studies in one of the best international schools. Zahra has shown very good talent in art. She follows her own style in painting, not unlike Picasso. Her paintings are always full of energetic colors and induces positive energy. Pink is a color that Zahra frequently uses to express excitement and kindness.
Zahra Me and My Cat 18” x 18”
Happy Owl 12” x 12”
Fruits on the Table 18” x 18”
Pink Cats 12” x 12”
Pink Flower 12” x 12”
Self Portrait (Me) 12” x 12”
Zahirra (Za) is a 14 year old teenager. She started art lesson under the artist Tan See Ling about one and a half years ago. She looks forward to going for her art class every week and usually would have a rough idea beforehand what to paint. She likes to draw flowers and animals. Her favorite color is light blue and she tries to include this color in most of her artworks. Zahirra is a very cheerful teenager with varied interests ranging from playing online games, surfing the internet, reading recipe books and shopping. Currently she is a full time student at Autism Link, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. She enjoys going to school and has a fun time with her classmates and teachers. Over time, and with Seeling’s guidance, Zahirra hopes to be able to express more of her playful and happy character on canvas and extend her color repertoire to encompass a myriad of different colors, and not just light blue!!!
Zahirra
Alice in Wonderland 24” x 18”
Oriental Lilies 24” x 18”
Ginger Flowers 24” x 18”
Pink Basket Full of Flowers 24” x 18”
Zahirra
Bird Chorus 18” x 24”
Bernard Liew is 17 years old and the youngest in the family of 4 boys. Born with a heart defect and surgically corrected at the age of 5 years old. Bernard is a very happy and friendly teenager who loves to interact with everyone he meets. He has been actively painting since two years ago. Although he has learning difficulties, because of his motor skill movements and still he loves painting. His poor eyesight also limits his ability to produce work in detail. Nevertheless his art shows his own uniqueness.
Bernard
(Boon Chen)
A Basket of Flowers 18” x 18”
A Bowl of Candies 16” x 20”
Bernard
(Boon Chen)
Falling Trees 18” x 18”
Mix and Match 18” x 18”
Pagoda 18” x 18”
Jason is Bernard’s elder brother He is 28 years old this year. He has speech difficulties and is not able to verbally express himself to others. Currently he is receiving training to improve his social skill at a work place managed by Malaysian Care. He started painting after seeing his brother Bernard bringing back paintings every week. He loves art but he is not aware of his own limitations when painting. Most of his work are repetition, basically creating art and practicing his motor skill movement. He has difficulties in receiving instructions thus he usually will not be able to paint what he sees.
Jason
Circles in the Circle 18” x 18”
His work mainly is an outlet for him to exercise his wrist with brush and colors.
Fun Houses 18” x 18”
I am Here with You 18” x 18”
Jason
Pink Flower Blooming 18” x 18”
See You Up There 18” x 18”
Yuli has an earnest enduring interest in art. He could draw large objects with correct perspective, capturing accurate details even from age five. Yuli’s forte includes good spatial sense, sureness and boldness of strokes, use of bold colours, vibrant colourplay, and possesses a very keen eye for detail. Recipient of best for art prize for two successive years, for Forms Four and Five, Yuli is mainly self-taught although he is a graduate in graphic design.
Yuli
While adept in using different mediums (water-colour, pastels and crayons), Yuli’s strength is in pen-and-ink and marker-rendering. He indulges his vivid and creative imagination in drawing comics, superbikes, skateboard and fantasy art. He has a unique and individual style expressed in works that range from cheerful (fantasy art) to macabre (skateboard art). Yuli is equally adept at hand-drawn works as in digital art. He has garnered a following on Facebook and known for greatly detailed work.
80s 23” x 28”
Ji Misuto To Ki 23” x 35”
West Chopper 23” x 32”
Yuli
Stoked 11” x 17”
U.S.A. 23” x 33”