A lush forest dominates this refreshing landscape. In this delicately composed painting, the luxurious vegetation of the foreground is balanced by the vertical structure of the forest trees. A figure followed by a herd of animals is suggested using confident strokes, revealing a calm atmosphere. The 1974 oil on canvas was done when he was teaching at the Malaysian Institute of Art from 1969-1980. Tew Nai Tong studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (NAFA) in Singapore (1957-1958) and then the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts (1967-68). After teaching at MIA, he taught at the Central Academy of Art (1982-1985), and the Saito Academy of Art (1986-1988), before he became a fulltime artist in 1992. With several solos since his first at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur in 1964, he held his survey exhibition called Odyssey at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2007. His awards include 2nd Prize in the Chartered Bank mural competition (1964), the Shell Best Award (watercolour, 1981), Esso Best Award (1982) and Dunlop Best Award (watercolour, 1983), and the Asia Art Award (2009) in Seoul, South Korea.