It is unclear where the ‘house by the volcano’ referred to here is, with the circa 1930s time frame, although a similar scene is featured on Page 110 in the book, The Art of Khaw Sia and Kuo Ju-ping, by Dato Dr Tan Chee Khuan. The only place with a volcano which Khaw Sia had visited was Indonesia, specifically Bali and Kintamani, and that was in 1954. He held a solo exhibition of his Balinese paintings in 1955. He had also been to, and stayed in, China, Hong Kong and Britain. The house with the volcano in the backdrop is shown amidst sparse vegetation and dull colours with a dirt track leading to it. The occupant (s) could not be anything but a farmer. Did Khaw Sia paint this after his informal lessons under Sir Russell Flint (1880-1969) in London in 1933? His later watercolours in the later half of the 1950s show greater maturity in execution and technique. Like the ones accepted by the Le Salon Paris (1956), the Royal Institute Galleries in London (1957), and the 25th National Society Exhibition in London (1958).