In this work, layers of colours are boldly applied across the picture plane, emphasizing textural nuances created using modelling paste. The colour palette made up of sienna, red and ochre of the painting appears borrowed from the natural scenery informed by the artist’s travels. Subdued colour patterns from the rock formations of Petra are seen in the overlapping strokes, as the artist skilfully incorporates landscapes in a universal and modern approach. Dato’ Sharifah Fatimah Zubir graduated from the pioneering batch of fine art students from the Mara Institute of Technology (now a university) in 1971. She studied for her BFA at the Reading University, England, in 1973-1976, and her MFA at the Pratt Institute, New York, in 1976-1978, under the JDR III Fund fellowship. She won the Minor Award in the Malaysian Landscape competition in 1972 and the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) in 1981. She won the coveted Major Award in the Salon Malaysia 1979. She also won 3rd Prize in the 2003 Biennial of Contemporary Painting of the Islamic World, Teheran. For her tremendous contributions, she was conferred a ‘Datoship’ by the Sultan of Kedah in 2006. Her art prices have been soaring high in auctions.