When I watched my children chase pigeons at the bottom of a HDB block, fully entertained and engaged by this simple pleasure, it transported me back to my own childhood days.

Without phones and other electronic devices, I spent many hours on Sunday afternoons playing under my grandmother’s sewing table, using her bits of scrap cloth to create costumes for games of make believe.

This artwork is painted in acrylic paint and uses collage from fabric scraps left behind by my late grandmother, alluding to my childhood memories of that time. The colour choices are reminiscent of my old childhood photographs. The background is hazy with a suggestion of HDB flats to represent my childhood memories that are a bit fuzzy. But the joy and exuberance of the children is in full colour to show the parts of my memories that are still distinct. The safety of home, and the care-free enjoyment of simple things.