Syed Salleh Mustaffa grew up amidst Nature, and is known for his organic works playing with rich vegetation and a reticulated network of branch-like protrusions. In this vertical diptych, Man’s intervention is shown by the arch depicted twice, even a circle and a grid with facets of natural landscape angled at the bottom right. “I grew up in Kedah where green fields turn to gold against a backdrop of rich tropical foliage. And fish abound in streams and at the water’s edge, root systems from fascinating trellises alongside straight reed and water-worn rocks,” he had been quoted as saying. Syed Salleh Mustaffa graduated from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1988, after having been trained at the Specialist Teachers Training Institute (1973). He had his first two solos at Gallery Six, Kuala Lumpur, and Galeria Penang in 1982 and 1983 respectively. He started making an impact when he joined the Utara group and took part in its exhibitions in 1988, 2007 and the grand comeback in 2011 called UTARA After Three Decades.