Local Paintings At Oil and Gas Discovery Centre

Seria - Local artists have been given support and promotion as part of continued efforts by relevant agencies in encouraging them to be more creative in the world of art.

In the Belait District, the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre and the Brunei Association for Artists have jointly organised a two-week showcase.

More than 25 local artists are taking part in the exhibition which serves as a platform form the to promote their workmanship and local arts among Bruneians.

The Deputy Managing director of Brunei Shell Petroleum, Awang Haji Zainal Abidin, officially opened the exhibition, which displays more than 60 paintings this afternoon.

Pengiran Mohammad Roslan, an artist, who started drawing since his school days, told Radio Television Brunei (RTB) that his interest is in soft pastel technique painting.

At this exhibition, he is displaying his painting, which carries the theme 'Tiga Sekawan'.

Another painter, Awang Haji Padzil, said he is a realistic painter and has started drawing since late sixties. He told RTB that his latest work entitled 'senja di Pantai Muara', took him more than two weeks to complete.

He used oil and knife technique to produce his paintings.

The exhibition, which is taking place at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre in Seria, is open to the public from Tuesday to Thursday from 9am to 5pm.

The exhibition is also open on Fridays and Sundays from 10am until 6pm. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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