It is obvious that Nadhir Nor has a way with words as much as he does with images. When he describes his two-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in Selangor last year, the imagery unfolds like reading a storybook.
“The place just pulses with life. I have never felt calmer than when surrounded with beautiful people, animals and plants, all with their own stories to share. Even on the quietest days, I could hear the forest chirping and conversing in its own way,” he says.
It was in such a setting that he picked up his paintbrush and lost himself in soft watercolour washes. He came up with 20 pieces during his residency, but continued working on the series up till today.
The result? A collection of paintings with quaint little creatures, all green tendrils and leaves and petals, in a world of their own.
“The concept and story revolve around the idea of passivity, vulnerability and their relationship with us finding our hidden potentials and opportunities. It is a world where emotions and nature are interwoven, to imagine what it would be if our surroundings show as much emotions and are as vulnerable as we can be as human beings. It is about seeing ourselves in even the littlest things that surround us, that had always been there with us since the beginning of time,” he explains.
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