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Angelina Bong is a Malaysian poet and visual artist. Her poetic performances have travelled to South Korea, South Africa, Botswana, Australia, UK, India and Egypt. She is published online and in print including several poetry anthologies with translations in Malayalam, Japanese and Arabic. 

She no longer writes here.

You can follow her drops of poetry and artworks at Instagram by her username @swakgel 

Angelina Bong: Sarawak Artist and Poet

What do you do?
How did you get into poetry?
What do you paint?
Can you tell me briefly about your journey into the Arts?

I get asked these questions a lot. My profile can be seen on http://www.sarawakart.com/artists/angelina-bong/

Feel free to check out other Sarawak artists when you are there.

Cheers!

Xoxo

Mo Ghile Mear

A little update on my Arts.I've been blessed with the increase of commissioned artworks for the past few months.
Here is one of them.

I titled it Mo Ghile Mear meaning Gallant Darling in Irish. I was listening to Celtic Woman's version while painting and was totally inspired by the music, lyrics and free spirits of the rhythm which is what I wanted to portray in this particular piece. (The original version of the song seems to have different lyrics).

I am honoured to have been asked by a client who is currently staying in Ireland to paint this for her relative who just lost a sibling. I'm posting it later today to UK where they are residing.

Mo Ghile Mear
Acrylic on Canvas
by Angelina Bong

Here is my message to the receiver

Your brother was always cheerful 
and caring, like warm colours surrounding 
you. As he passed to another world, solemn 
colours emerged in blueish hues, realms of 
sadness and loss but still balmingly blue as his 
presence had always made things more 
beautiful. 

He is like a butterfly now, his spirit is free 
in a happier place. The truth is, he never really 
left, he is up there and around, watching over
you and everyone he loves. His little dots of love
 fly around as he leaves behind his legacy. His 
soul and spirit is very much alive, moving around 
like the wind blowing in the painting.


p/s: I recommend looking at this painting accompanied by 'Mo Ghile Mear' sung by Celtic Woman.Here's the youtube video of them live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcCVjiKfDk8

KL Performance

I decided last minute to take up the invitation to perform in KL on October 29 and that is, if they still want me. They did!

Yay! So I'll be performing at Gaslight Cafe & Music in KL together with a bunch of other writers who will be doing book signings. Event starts at 8.30 pm.

I'll be launching my first collection of poetry-art bookmarks. Special price for this event only :)

Hope to see you there!

Love,
Angel.

Shortlisted for Art Competition

Dear readers and friends,

Yay! I've been shortlisted in the Galeri Petronas Art Competition. If you have facebook, please click on the link below and vote for me!

https://www.facebook.com/GALERIPETRONAS/app_1534107733515029?ref=page_internal

Here's a printscreen of my artwork. Alternatively, you can look for Angelina Bong with the artwork titled: 'The Evolving Twirl'.

Thank you in advance!

Love and Peace!

NaPoWriMo Day 22. The Art of Dying

Enjoy my Day 22's Poetry Sketch!

A drop of poetry by Angelina Bong
NaPoWriMo Day 22
The Art of Dying

NaPoWriMo Day 19. Awakening

I actually wrote this as a one line poem but thought I'll experiment it by fragmenting it.

What do you think?

A drop of poetry by Angelina Bong
NaPoWriMo Day 19
Awakening

NaPoWriMo Day 14. What is Art?

What is ART?

A drop of poetry by Angelina Bong 2015
NaPoWriMo 14
What is Art?

NaPoWriMo Day 13: The Four Seasons of Faces

Here's one to celebrate the four seasons!

A drop of poetry by Angelina Bong 2015
NaPoWriMo Day 13
The Four Seasons of Faces

The Resurrection

It's technically still Easter Week.

Here's a drawing I did of the Resurrection!

Black and White Illustration, pen on paper.

The Resurrection
Black and White Illustration
by Angelina Bong 2015
Pen on Paper

Enjoy your Easter Week!

On Eagle's Wings

On Eagle's Wings by Angelina Bong

I rarely post my artworks on my blog but thought I will try it today. Here are the details for the above art piece.

On Eagle's Wings

Mixed Media on Canvas (Acrylic and Hand-stitched beadwork with lace)

40 X 30 CM 

RM800

International Delivery Available
Top left: actual art piece
Top right to bottom left: zoomed in images of the artwork

I will donate ALL PROCEEDS to a missionary group in funding the missionaries for their outreach programs in feeding the poorest of the poor, helping the marginalized, building homes, training new missionaries and so forth. If you are interested, please leave a comment or look for me in twitter by the name of swakgel and tweet to me! Feel free to share this post as well.

HELP ME IN BLESSING OTHERS!

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.