MALAYSIANSKINI | Newcomer artist Syul Hezri says his art needs to be looked at from multiple perspectives, partly because he enjoys hiding Easter eggs in his paintings.

It could be a name, lyrics, a phrase or something grander like a world map, depending on the piece and its concept, but part of the observer's enjoyment will be in trying to detect just what he managed to slip in.

“I don’t know how I started doing it,” he told Malaysiakini, smile lines embedded deep in his face.

The 40-year-old is really someone who does not take himself or his art seriously.

To him, what determines the quality of his artwork is not its aesthetic value, but how good of a story lies behind it...