Depicted here is a local street scene, created with warm, earthy colours. The artist draws the viewer into the sunny entrance of an open market, identified through the distinctive colourful umbrellas shading the stalls. Through confident palette knife strokes, the artist conveys both the character of the architecture and the vibrant atmosphere with expressive vitality and immediacy. Peter Liew graduated with a Diploma from the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) in 1979. He lectured there from 1981 to 1993 before deciding to go full-time into art. His highly tactile technique of thick impastos has seen him travelling all over the world to paint mainly the natural landscapes, often in panorama. He set up his own art ateliers in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Having been to the Art Colony in Debrca, Belchrista, Macedonia in 2000 and 2002, he plans to set up an artist's camp in Balik Pulau in Penang. In recent years, Peter Liew has continued to exhibit actively through retrospectives, solo exhibitions, and selected group shows. His major solo exhibitions include Peter Liew Retrospective at Soka Gakkai Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (2018), which surveyed four decades of his artistic practice, and The Face at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2018), featuring his expressive portrait series. In addition to his solo practice, Liew has participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs in Malaysia and internationally, with works exhibited in China, Taiwan, Europe, and other overseas venues through cultural exchange programmes and invited exhibitions.