Now grown up, children who inspired Penang’s iconic murals 12 years ago reunite with artist

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic with (from left) siblings Tan Yi and Tan Kern, and Mohammad Shahrul Aiman Mohamed, in Penang. - PHOTO: ERNEST ZACHAREVIC

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): All the Tan siblings wanted was to get on a big red bicycle and have a bit of fun. Little did they know that they would be immortalised in an iconic mural in Penang, which became one of Malaysia’s best-known tourist attractions.

Tan Yi and her younger brother Tan Kern were the two children depicted in the Children On A Bicycle mural in Lebuh Armenian, painted by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic in 2012.