The Balinese jukung canoe was especially popular during the time of Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres (1880-1958). The small wooden outrigger canoe is still used for fishing although modern versions use High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) or polythene. It has a marlin-like prow with a crab claw sail. It must have been a day off for the fishermen as the jukung were parked on shore, and two vendors could be seen carrying a basket, one on the head. Some activity could be discerned in the background dominated by a cluster of stilt hutments. Tew Nai Tong studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1967-1968) after a fast-track stint at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, from 1957 to 1958. He helped set up the Malaysian Watercolour Society, and the Contemporary Malaysian Watercolour Association, and co-founded the Le Beaux Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur. In 2007, he had a major survey exhibition, Odyssey, at the National Art Gallery, Malaysia. He won best awards in the Shell (watercolour, 1981), Esso (1982), Dunlop (watercolour, 1983) competitions. He was the 2009 Malaysian winner of the Asia Art Award in Seoul, South Korea. He had lectured at three art academies for 23 years before deciding to go fulltime in 1992.