This must be one of the most unusual saccharine works by Awang Damit Ahmad, yes, the creator of the iconic series Essence Of Culture (E.O.C., Intipati Budaya), his autobiographical foray with its origins in an obscure fishing village in Sabah, Kuala Penyu. It was done after graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology where he was adjudged Best Student in 1983. With brush and spray painting, he conjured a spectacle of dusk with crimson hues and bluish dark environs, showing an adroit handling of colours and composition. This work was shown in the National Art Gallery’s Open exhibition in 1985. As Forrest Gump would say: Life is like a box of chocolate. The farmer who became a Telekom technician and an artist and academician and showing his works all over the world. Awang Damit Ahmad reached the pinnacle of Malaysian Art when he won the Major Award in Salon Malaysia III, the nation’s biggest art awards. His other prizes are the Minor Award in the 1984 Bakat Muda Sezaman Malaysia and 2nd Prize in the Malaysian Bank Association art competition in 1988, the Gold Award in the Ecorea Jeonbuk Biennale and the Olympic Fine Art in London, both in 2012, besides Honourable Mentions in the Philip Morris Asean Award Award in 1994 and 1995. He graduated with a Masters at the Catholic University in Washington DC, United States, in 1990. His selections include the Contemporary Paintings of Malaysia in Pasadena, Los Angeles, in 1988. As an academician, he retired at the University ITM as Associate Professor in May 2011.