Long Thien Shih’s unique style explores the effects of paint and colours in the style of abstract expressionism. Here, the artist creates an image of a bull in motion that resembles a swirling landscape, resulting in a lyrical work bursting with vitality. Long Thien Shih won many awards during his career, including the First Prize, Young Malayan Artists Competition, Kuala Lumpur (1981), Study Awards, Ministry of Culture, France (1985), and Prints Prize — Salon Malaysia, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1992). Long Thien Shih won a French government scholarship to study art in 1966 and was enrolled in the internationally renowned printmaking studio Atelier 17, founded by William Stanley Hayter, a prominent figure in British Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Long was honoured with a retrospective exhibition titled Man Of The Times at National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2014. In 2018, he participated in a group exhibition titled The Art Of Printmaking: Lasting Impressions, which was held at Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.