Remember the uncle who hand-paints umbrellas on the street?
He was spotted at Redhill MRT station working on a new umbrella design, featuring a portrait of president-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
The other panels held drawings of the Merlion and Tharman's iconic election symbol — the pineapple.
Photo courtesy of Mothership reader
Umbrella-painting uncle
The man in question is 74-year-old Akira Takahashi, a retired art director.
He took to painting umbrellas on the streets of Singapore in 2021 to pass the time, while belting Bee Gees tunes on a makeshift karaoke system.
Interestingly, he previously told Our Grandfather Story that he avoids painting people, explaining: "The person being drawn would scold me because the painting would look like someone else."
Top image by Andrew Koay and Mothership reader