Thursday, May 1, 2008

the gallery


artist : abdullahjones
title : two trees under the rain
size : 1.5'x 1.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm230/usd70.00


artist : abdullahjones
title : three trees
size : 1.5'x 1.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : sold


artist : abdullahjones
title : two trees in blue
size : 1.5'x 1.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm230/usd70.00


artist : abdullahjones
title : hanging around
size : 1.5'x 1.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : RESERVED

Abdullah Jones produces batek paintings using nature, animals and people (mostly women) as the subjects. This is the type of paintings sought after by the tourists as they reflect the ability of the Malaysian artists to use a technique alien to them.

He uses a brush as oppose to the traditional ‘chanting’ method to create the outline of the design and colour it before applying sodium silicate and dunking it into hot water to remove the wax and set the colour. The process is repeated for 4 to 5 times to produce batek paintings which are rich in colours and designs.

The usual process of producing batek takes about one day but his mentioned-technique took him 4 to 5 days to complete a painting. That’s in itself reflecting the quality of his works.

However, none of his batek is features in this entry. We will put them here once we have them.




artist : abdullahjones
title : everything is his
size : 4'x 4'
media : mixed
price : rm2300/usd720.00


artist: abdullahjones
title: of waves and a boat
size : 3'x3'
media: acrylic on canvas
price: sold


artist : abdullahjones
title : two trees with red background
size : 1.5'x 1'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm430/usd130.00

After staying in the UK for some time, he ventured into more diverse techniques and taking various objects as subjects. He learnt that English artists aren’t afraid to portray comedy in their works. This inspired him to inject more fun to his paintings. For example, in his ‘jangan dilepaskan seekor kambing yang tersepit takut jadi seperti melepaskan anjing yang tersepit’, he presented two goats who are discussing whether to free their friend from a haunted tree. This is one example of observation that can be humorous (in the eyes of the goats).

As humorous as he is, Abdullah Jones does have a sensitive side. This is shown is his painting titled ‘pink tree and the white haired thing’. The painting was produced out of his sadness for the death of 19 Chinese workers who drowned when they were trapped by a rampaging night tide while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire in 2004.



artist : abdullahjones
title : two trees and the moon
size : 1.5'x1'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm430/usd130.00



artist : abdullahjones
title : two trees
size : 1'x1'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : sold


artist : abdullahjones
title : shorthand technicolor dream
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm1100/usd340.00


artist : abdullahjones
title : jangan dilepaskan seekor kambing yang tersepit takut jadi seperti melepaskan anjing yang tersepit
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : sold


artist : abdullahjones
title : scenic #223
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : sold

Abuyusof is an excellent water-colourist, but most of his works are acrylic abstracts. Don’t ask me why.

He paints to surprise himself. Usually he start with something in his mind (or not). But as his paintings progress,emotion takes control. The end results will be totally unpredictable even to himself. Regardless, he as much would try to paint something which is soothing to the eyes of the audiences.

A cat lover and a Sting (of The Police) fanatic, he is now on Air Asia’s waiting list(KUL-MANCHESTER)('rumah sting kat manchesterkan?' he asked) and is long overdue to pay for the ticket. You can help him by buying his arts.



artist : abdullahjones
title : scenic #103
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : SOLD


artist : abdullahjones
title : pink tree and the white haired thing
size : 3.5'X 3.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : RESERVED


artist : abuyusof
title : Intense-city #38
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on board
price : sold





artist : abuyusof
title :Intense-city # 43
size : 3.5' x 2.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm1788/usd560.00


artist : abuyusof
title :Intense-city # 41
size : 3.5' x 2.5'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : rm1788/usd560.00


artist : simoh
title : love minus zero
size : 3'x 3'
media : acrylic on canvas
price : (SOLD)

Simoh is a teacher who loves to teach and paint. But most of all she loves to shop. “Buy my painting! Buy my painting!, I need to shop now!”, is all she said when asked to describe herself.


artist : abuyusof
title : hidup ii
size : 3'x3'
media : acrylic on board
price : rm988/usd310.00


artist : abdullahjones
title : everyday is friday
size : 3'x 3'
media : mixed media on board


Smed is an artist producing modern khat (Islamic calligraphy) paintings, in abstract forms. His collaboration with a trained khat artist, Ustaz Wan, since 4 years ago had been sold as souvenirs to offices, private collectors etc. Quite a numbers was sold to the retired-to-be for some reasons unknown!

Malaysians love khat paintings for they lend serenity to a space. The wordings usually used are such as Allah, Muhammad and verses from the Al-Quran.

His paintings are colourful and full of texture. Due to the mixed media (papers, sand, cloth, glue) used in his paintings, the end results are fresh and distinctive. Some of the paintings resemble stone and wood carvings, like in his work titled ‘Basmallah’. His collectors are often surprised when they learned that the main material used in his khat paintings is paper.



artist : smed
title : basmallah
size : 2'x 2'
media : mixed media on board




artist : smed
title : allah/orange
size : 3'x3'
media : mixed media on board
price : rm888/usd280



artist : smed
title : allah/pollack
size : 3'x 3'
media : mixed media on board
price : rm1300/usd400.00


artist : smed
title : allah/love
size : 3'x 3'
media : mixed media on board
price : rm1488/usd460.00

artist : smed
title : allah/green
size : 3'x 3'
media : mixed media on board
price : rm999/usd310.00


artist : smed
title : allah/blue
size : 3'x 3'
media : mixed media on board
price : rm1350/usd420.00


Badrul is the latest addition to the Rajawali gang. We will tell you more about him when he start producing. It usually takes him a month to complete a 6”x 6” painting.



Please email rajawaliartgallery@yahoo.com for more information (read as: to haggle).

Condition:
Price listed is exclusive of packaging and postage.