Here, Ahmad Zakii used a cinematic approach to blend still life and landscape in a unique composition. It is rendered in dark hues of blue, purple, contrasted against bright yellow. A highly contemplative mood, and pictorial balance is achieved with the artist’s refined use of colours. After graduating with Graphic Design from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1977, Ahmad Zakii had a lucrative career in Advertising but decided to switch to Fine Art. He was an immediate hit with his cool Smokers Series (1997) and his dark vignettes of urban realism. A series of significant solos abroad and at home led to his major mid-career survey exhibition called Disclosure at Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. His solos abroad include Love + Lust, Galerie Huit, (Hong Kong, 2015), Please + Pain, Galerie Huit (Hong Kong, 2014), Presence (New York, 1999), Shadowland (Hong Kong, 2001), Sublimal (The Philippines and also Thailand, 2006), Baik Art (South Korea, 2013), in Indonesia – Borobudur, Amanjiwa, Arangbali (2004), Kota Sunyi (2007), Nafsu (2010), and in Singapore — Paintings Drawings and Prints 1991-2007 (2007), Bones & Sinews (2011), Being (2009), Primordial Dream (2005) and Distant Gamelan. His Kuala Lumpur solos include Kota Sepi (VWFA, 2012), Icons (Richard Koh Fine Art, 2005) and Interpreter Of Desires (Taksu, 2003).