The mural is at the back alley of 58 Arab Street (off Baghdad Street). For a very long time, the units were filled with wicker and rattan basket shops. They were iconic and very photogenic. They all closed just before Covid hit. To remember the iconic sight, the house owner who commissioned the mural, requested for the theme of the basket shops. But I wanted to make it whimsical. So I made the scene realistic yet disproportionate – between the baskets, the 3 cats, the fisherman and the laundry. I also created a faux roof from the shape of the wall, a fishing rod from the earthing cable, and a laundry from the meter boxes. It’s a small mural but it is fun! “Look at the cat’s eyes! so killer, so cute!” was the most common comment I overheard from passers-by.
