The work, A Proud Bull 2, sees it backpedaling a bit, instead of butting headlong into perilous territory albeit the background being flushed in red suffused with anger and aggression. There is, however, a pacifying valley of blue on top, with a slender band of yellow below. Self-referential, it registers a more mellowed phase of the artist-thespian John Lee Joo-for aged 66, instead of the adrenalin-overdosed Angry Young Man as can be seen in another work in 1979, Raging Bull. Principles ingrained from his becoming a born-again Christian had also impacted his mind and action, as compared to his earlier works in text, paint and print(making) advancing ideas of violence, male virility and darker dramas. The bull and the horse were favourite anthropomorphic devices used by John Lee. John Lee Joo-for is an outstanding creative genius in literature and art in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. On text, he is a multi-award winning playwright, dominating Malaysian drama in 1969 to 1971, and also had been producer and director; written several poems and novels besides being an art critic. He was Best Radio Playwright in Singapore in 1969. In Australia, his most successful play was the grand staging of his musical, The Call Of Guadalupe, apart from The Passion Play. Before he migrated to Australia in 1973, some of his best known plays are The Propitious Kidnapping Of The Cultured Daughter and Son Of Zen (staged off-Broadway). He was also an educationist, having taught at the Specialist Teachers Training Institute in Kuala Lumpur, St. Xaviers Institution (1948-1951) and the Catholic University (formerly Institute of Catholic Education), retiring in 1989. He is one of the few Malaysians educated at the prestigious Royal College of Art (1962-1964), and returned as an ‘Associate’ (ARSA). He also obtained his National Diploma of Design certificate at the Camberwell College of Art in London (1959-62). In London, he co-founded the Malayan Art Circle (1961), and in Malaysia, he co-founded the Thursday Art Group and the Penang Teachers Art Circle.