Abdul Latiff Mohidin seeks inspiration from seeing the world and experiencing nature markedly when he travelled around Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia) from 1964 to 1968 and conceived the iconic Pago – Pago series. He travelled extensively more than two decades later to Guilin, in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China in 1990 and produced significant drawings and sketches which later inspired the ensuing series Rimba, Voyage (and The Well) and Wetlands. Latiff Mohidin also visited cities in Central Asia namely Bukhara and Samarkand in Uzbekistan and Isfahan in Iran, producing expressive sketches and drawings that was later developed into complex paintings as interpretations of his surroundings and the world. On offer here, Shiraz III is known to be one of five paintings created by the artist from his travels to Iran. Also known as the city of poets, Shiraz is the capital of Fars Province (Old Persian as Pârsâ). Executed in broad gestural brush marks in vibrant red and blue palette, Latiff visualises the richness of the cultural capital of Iran with great admiration and tenacity. Abdul Latiff Mohidin casts a giant shadow in the world of art and literature. In 1973, he was the youngest Malaysian artist to be accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery and was granted an incredible second Retrospective from 2012 to 2013 showcasing more than 300 works in various media produced over six decades. He received his art training at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst in Berlin (1960 - 1964). On his return, he made his famous expedition around Southeast Asia including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia. He won Second Prize (Graphic) in the 1968 Salon Malaysia. He advanced his studies in printmaking at the Atelier La Courrier in Paris (French Ministry scholarship, 1969) and the Pratt Institute in New York (John D. Rockefeller III scholarship, 1969). He is also a published poet with books including Sungai Mekong (1971), Kembara Malam (1974), Serpihan Dari Pendalaman (1979), Pesisir Waktu (1981), and Sajak-Sajak Dinihari (1996). He won the Malaysian Literary Awards consecutively from 1972 to 1976 and again in 1984 and 1986, and the coveted Southeast Asian Writers Award in Bangkok (1984). He was Guest Writer of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in 1988, a Creative Fellow at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1977, and a guest artist at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1980. He has translated Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s classical German play Faust into Bahasa in 2013. He was also the founder and guiding spirit of the artist’s co-operative, Anak Alam (Children of Nature). His past major series of exhibitions included Rimba (1998), Voyage (2007) andSerangga (2013). In 2014, he held two exhibitions in celebration of his 73rd birthday entitled Latiff Mohidin – Seascape, Recent Paintings (2010 – 2014) held in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.