This poetic landscape scene by pioneer artist Lee Cheng Yong is rendered with technical sophistication. The juxtaposition between the light sandy grounds and the dark shadows of lush foliage enveloping the kampong huts enhance the impression of a beautiful warm day of the tropics. Two tree trunks which punctuate the composition on the right add rhythmic movement. The image with the depiction of a vacant hut in its center, devoid of human presence evokes a dreamlike quality, hinting subtly that man is subjected to the forces of nature which are beyond him. Lee Cheng Yong studied at Xin Hua Art Academy (later known as the Shanghai Academy of Fine Art) in 1927 and held his first solo exhibition at the Philomatic Union in Acheen Street, Penang in 1932 while his next was in 1960 at the Chin Kang Association in Macalister Road in Penang. He formed the Penang Chinese Art Club in 1935 and was elected its first president. He was honoured with the Lee Cheng Yong Memorial exhibition by the Penang State Art Gallery in 1996. Although Lee Cheng Yong left copious works on various subjects in various media indicating his versatility, he was also known as a dedicated art teacher at the Chung Ling High School. He fostered generations of star students such as Chong Hon Fatt and Chai ChuanJin. He was prodigious mostly in oils, with works in the Post-Impressionist mould. Besides paintings, he had also done sculptures and murals. His works are collected in among others, the Fukuoka Art Museum and the Singapore Art Museum.