Dato’ Tay Mo Leong is renowned for his batik works and ‘crackling lines’ technique. On offer here is a set of two watercolour paintings, which demonstrate the artist’s adeptness in the delicate medium by casually rendering the historical monument of Fort Cornwallis, a trishaw, a fishing boat and some figures. Dato’ Tay Mo Leong learnt about batik art when he was in Taiwan, where he graduated from the Taipei Normal College in 1960. On his return from Taiwan, he mastered the medium itself through visits to Kelantan and experimentations. In 1965, he was confident enough to stage his first batik-art exhibition at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur featuring 64 works. In 1970, he studied at the Art Centre in Florida, USA. He was given the Foreign Minister’s Award and exhibited at the Nippon Modern Art Association, Osaka, Japan in 1997, and the Osaka Government Award in Japan in 2003. He travelled all over to study the batik techniques and materials there and he has invented a new technique which he termed ‘double-resist.’ He was conferred Datoship, by Penang State Government in 2009 – the year the Penang State Museum Art Gallery honoured him with a Retrospective.