Lee Joo For's visual narratives are highly distinct, imbued with personal metaphors. His compositions are made with forceful calligraphic strokes and strong colours, uniting eastern and western techniques and pictorial methods. This enigmatic composition is rendered in a dramatic palette of dark teal and orange, consisting of spontaneous flowing lines portraying faces of a man and woman, with the left side profile portrayed in multiple angles. Symbolic and expressive, the work incorporates figurative and stylised elements interlocked into a poetic emotion. A man of diverse artistic talents, Lee Joo For was an artist, playwright, poet, novelist, and a writer of short stories. Lee Joo For received his education at Brighton College of Art (1957-1958), and later received additional scholarships to study at Camberwell College of Art (1960-1962). His selected solo exhibitions were held at Commonwealth Institute, London (1960), Art Council of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (1964), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (1968), Mandarin Art Gallery Singapore (1972), Retrospective exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery (2008), Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur (2009). His group exhibitions include Selected artists exhibition, Shakespeare Festival, United Kingdom (1964), International combined graphics exhibition, Tokyo (1966), Combined graphics exhibition, Sao Paolo (1970), Italian Exposition of International Prints (1976) and joint exhibition with daughter Michellin Lee, Darwin (1998). He received the Best Playwright Prize at the Malaysian Drama Festival (1969-1971).