One of the most prominent abstract expressionist artists in Malaysia, Dato' Sharifah Fatimah is known for her poetic and colourful works on canvas. She strove to create a distinctive style of painting through an insightful exploration of space influenced by her reflections on spirituality. Wondering 4 contains rhythmic abstract forms derived from her intuitive perception carefully balanced across the pictorial surface. Dato' Sharifah Fatimah had her later art tutelage on both sides of the Atlantic, first at Reading University in England (1973-1976) and then for her MFA at Pratt Institute in New York (1976-1978). She was from the pioneering batch of fine art students graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology (now a university), in 1971. Her major triumph was the Major Award in the 1979 Salon Malaysia, apart from the Minor Award in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) in 1981 and the Malaysian Landscape competition in 1972. On the international stage, she won 3rd Prize in the Islamic World Painting Biennial in Teheran, Iran, in 2003. For her achievements and contributions to art, she was conferred a Dato'ship by the Sultan of Kedah in 2006.