Titi Kwok, Master Artist

Went down to my hometown Muar last Friday, the plan was to have 6 days of uninterrupted holiday – sleeping, reading books, eating, jogging and going to the monkey park in the evenings. Meanwhile my 2 kids can terrorize my parents and drown their plants by watering them every hour.

Unfortunately, on the second day (Saturday), my daughter’s earache got worse and i sent her to a doctor, to cut the long story short, she spent the remaining 5 days on IV drip in Pantai Hospital Melaka. So instead of staying in Muar, we spent almost the entire holidays in Melaka, staying with Auntie Rosemary (her house is less than 5 minutes away from the hospital). Anyways one good thing from this trip was Auntie Rosemary bringing me to meet an artist friend of hers, Titi Kwok.

Auntie Rosemary owns many oil and acrylic paintings by him, including a huge one of koi fish commissioned specially for her. She also owns a few prints done by Titi’s father, who was very famous in Macau.

Titi’s studio is in Jalan Tokong, next to Jonker Walk in Melaka. I think i’ve probably walked past his gallery many times in the past, but probably never stepped in. The shop itself is pretty nondescript. But inside, you can see his wonderful works of art.

He mainly does mixed media (oils and acrylic) on canvas, but he also does watercolour on rice paper. His distinct style is quite easy to appreciate, and it doesn’t cost as much as you think it would.

Here’s the master himself, with some of his paintings. You can see the two at the far end wall are watercolour pieces.

He’s a really nice guy, giving me some tips on his oil painting. I ended buying a small painting from his ‘Kelong’ series.

The other highlight of the trip was dog in Auntie Rosemary’s house – Maya – the friendliest dog in the world.