Penang Street Art (PSA) - Children in a Boat

Such creativity.. Well done Ernest!

Children in a Boat is a mural painted on the wall of the stilt-house belong to a family,in Chew Jetty, George Town. Jt was painted by London-trained Lituaninan artist Ernest Zacharevic in conjuction in 2012 Goerge Town Festival. The mural depicts two chidren, a boy and a girl, playing on a berthed sampan by the shore, with a pet cat. As part of the preparation for this mural, a overhanging platform was erected at ht ebase for Zacharevic to stand on. The photograph is then projected onto the wall for the artist to trace over. The result is a mirror image to the actual shot.

Penang Street Art (PSA) - The Old Man

Is he holding something?....Cool

The Old Man is a giant mural on the wall of a shophouse facing Armenian Street, in George Town, Penang. the painting, which appears somewhat incomplete, depicts an elderly man who appears to be preparing a drink for himself. Jt was painted by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic for the 2012 George Town Festival. The "This Old Man" mural required the scaffolding to be erectedd on the wall for the artist to work. Jt is one of the two larger-than-life murals that Zacharevic worked on, the other being "Little Girl in Blue". note that all names for murals are provided by other artists, and the murals themselves were not named.

Penang Street Art (PSA) - Little Girl in Blue

Is she going to stay at her position for years?

"The Girl in Blue" shows a little girl lifting herself up on both hands. Jn the original photograph, the little girl has her hands on the side of tables, but in the mural, she is perched over the two windows. 

"The girl in Blue" is one of the two larger-than-life murals created by Zacharevic for George Town. the other one is "This Old Man" on Armenian Street. Note the names given here for the murals are descriptions; the actual murals do not have names.

Penang Street Art

Making strolling through Georgetown’s streets just a little bit more exciting, in 2012 Penang’s municipal council hired London-trained Lithuanian artist, Ernest Zacharevic and charged him with breathing new life into some of the atmospheric Chinese shop-houses around the inner city. An effort to spawn awareness of the rich history of the streets, the project was a success with Zacharevic turning certain areas into thriving tourist destinations that also became the much-talked about object of attention among locals. His artwork is spread out across Penang’s city centre, along roads like Muntri Street, Weld Quay, Lebuh Leith, Armenian Street, Ah Quee Street and more.

Ernest painted seven murals that were inspired by

the surrounding, history and culture of Old Town.

Zacharevic’s street art is pretty impressive: the most widely known is the 20-foot high ‘Little Girl In Blue’, a mural of a young child dressed in ocean blue pyjamas flanked by the two real windows of its ‘canvas’ – a building along Muntri Street. Found just down the road from Eastern & Oriental Hotel, right next to this giant painting is a concentration of brightly-coloured trishaws just waiting to take you to see some of the more obscure artwork around Georgetown. Prices start at about RM80 for a one-hour ride but you can whittle it down to a mere RM40 for a 30-minute journey.