All “the hurly-burly’s done, the battle lost and won.” (William Shakespeare, Macbeth). There’s a relaxing calm about Pangkor island as the sun inexorably sets. A pall of lethargy seeps through as waning light throws shadows over trees making them look like silhouette sentinels. Even the blue seas seem to be getting murkier while the clouds are soaked in darkening orangey-reddish hues. Everything looks like the Coleridgean ode, “as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.” A breeze gently blows some life into the inanimate objects and trees, as it lulls the people to go to bed…For a sunset scene, this work takes an unusual vertical format, hinting at a restricted view instead of a panorama. A finishing of oil helps ‘dull’ the predominant acrylics. Suzlee Ibrahim works in series which are easily identifiable by the place or subject, in this case Pulau Pangkor, off Lumut. His other series in a 31-year painting career include Belantara, Batik, Ombak, Sakura, Melody, Movement, Sahara, Space, Summer, Turquoise, Monsoon, Meditation, Waterfalls and Gestures. He graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1987, but started lecturing in his alma-mater from 1993-2009 (part-time 1993-1996), after a stint in advertising. He is now a senior lecturer at the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (Aswara). He has taken part in exhibitions in more than 20 countries including solos in Denmark (Remise Academy, Brande) and Macedonia (Kicevo art colony). In 2010, he took part in the Tunisia Art Festival Workshop in Monastir. He had a mini survey show called, Suzlee Ibrahim: 30 Years Journey, at The Art People Gallery in Klang, from July to September 2016. His awards include: Tokoh Seni Anugerah Citra Kencana UKM in 2011; the Japan-Malaysia Art Friendship Ambassador (2007) and the Emaar Art Symposium Outstanding Creative Excellence Award, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2005).