Zainal abidin musa biography of barack

“Two days in Redang, and still there was no sun. On the third morning, I woke up early, though dreams were calling me back to bed.

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At the beach, on the dark shores, I waited. As yesterday, all was quiet. Moments later, I smiled – there – a break in the sky. And from a higher heaven somewhere, a million shades of colours were filtering triumphantly through. In another moment, I was bathed in light!”

This is the story behind Zainal Abidin Musa’s seascape aptly titled, Waiting for Sunrise Over Telok Kalong, a dreamy piece of sand, sea and sky, brushed in shades of blues, purples and peaches, that took two days of patient waiting and two weeks of furious painting to complete.

It is one of many paintings of Malaysian landscapes and seascapes that the artist produces each year since his departure from an exhausting career as an advertising entrepreneur.

Although he had studied fine art at Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM), he never really pursued a career in p ZAINAL ABIDIN MUSA - La Galerie Du Monde, carousel XABU