This is as literal as you can get, with ‘blue sky’ giving one the blues. For Nik Mohd Hazri, the eldest of the Nik Art Brothers – artists with individual styles, not a musical combo; his younger sister, Nik Shazleen Putri, who has obviously a very expressive face covering the emotional gamut, is his model for ‘playacting’ on canvas. With her hair disheveled and a squint of feigned annoyance, Nik Shazleen could well be Billie Holiday singing her standard, Lady Sings The Blues. Hazri’s equally well-known brothers are Mohd Shazmie and Mohd Shahfiz. For a relatively new graduate with a BFA from the University of ITM (2011-2014, diploma at Machang campus, 2008-2011), Nik Hazri sure has chalked up an impressive international CV: Six times at Art Expo Malaysia from 2013 to 2018, Art Stage Singapore 2016 and 2017, Art Stage Jakarta 2016, Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015, and Art Taipei 2015. He was a member of the Intuitive Art Group in a mural commission at Publika KL.