Artist uses coffee to capture Kluang on canvas

Dewan Jubli Intan Sultan Ibrahim done using coffee paint.

KLUANG: Artist Ai Zhi Yong is using Kluang’s famous coffee to paint the district’s iconic and historical places to raise funds for underprivileged children.

Kluang-born and raised Ai, 28, who co-runs a café and children’s home in Jalan Sekolah, Kampung Masjid Lama here called Hope Home Welfare Association, started exploring painting with natural ingredients when the movement control order (MCO) was imposed in March.