Fan Wen Tian

I was walking in KLCC yesterday and this Chinese lady came up to me and said hello. She looked very familiar and at first I couldn’t place her. Later I realised that I had met her at Scotts Square in Singapore and she was in the jewelry business. Her name is Liya and she worked for an auction house in China for many years before she came out to do freelance work.

She was with 2 other people and she suggested coffee nearby to chat. She introduced the young man with her at Fan Wen tian.

He is just 25 and is an artist. They showed me his portfolio of works, which was really impressive. He must be doing this full time and must have been doing this for sometime. They were in KL to decide whether they wanted to open a gallery/workshop either here or in Singapore.

I spoke with him and then found out that his father is a famous calligraphy artist in China, Fan Guo Qiang. He is national level artist and is a full professor at the 2nd highest rank.

Wen tian is a pianist and a singer as well. He has appeared in Sing China and he plays the piano very well although he had never learnt music. He listens to a piece and plays it. He gave me a demonstration of his playing on the piano at KLCC and when he played so many people stopped by to take pictures and record his playing.

He invited me to Qingdao, where he resides, to visit his gallery a d meet his father and see his father’s works. This is an invitation that I will accept.