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| Gilbert Rona presenting Jason his portrait |
Jason was excited seeing it and, being the proud
father, I kept pointing it out to various family and friends who came to our Open House
on Christmas. Most of Gilbert's relatives didn’t even know
that Gilbert had taken up painting, let alone the huge talent that he possesses.
Now Jason’s younger brother Justin is expecting his
own portrait after Gilbert mentioned that he planned to do one of him, too,
though that may take a couple more years...
Four years back, after a
Lovers and Strangers Revisited talk and reading at the Little Penang Street Market, Rashid, an
old friend who sketches there every month, did a quick sketch of me. Personally,
I’d rather have a portrait than a selfie any day. Any idiot can take a photo of himself and
post it, but it takes real talent to sketch and paint, and also a little patience by the
subject to sit and wait for the final product.
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| Robert Raymer |
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Here are links to
four of my author-to-author interviews of first novelists:
Golda
Mowe author of Iban Dream and Iban Journey.
Preeta
Samarasan author of Evening is the Whole Day.
Chuah
Guat Eng, author of Echoes of Silence and Days
of Change.
Plus:
Five part Maugham
and Me series
Beheaded on
Road to Nationhood: Sarawak Reclaimed—Part
I
