Unlike the artist usual style this piece has its own specialty. Like a Persian style of painting during the Safavid rule of Persia. It held an intricate design that resembles Islamic art. The figure in the centre is holding an ancient musical instrument called Qanbūs while the arch in the background resembles a common shape in Islamic architectural design. The beauty of this piece lies within the colour scheme as it seems nicely blended and minimal. After graduating with Graphic Design from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1977, Ahmad Zakii had a lucrative career in Advertising but decided to switch to Fine Art. He was an immediate hit with his cool Smokers Series (1997) and his dark vignettes of urban realism. A series of significant solos abroad and at home led to his major mid-career survey exhibition called Disclosure at Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, in 2008. His solos abroad include Love + Lust, Galerie Huit, (Hong Kong, 2015), Please + Pain, Galerie Huit (Hong Kong, 2014), Presence (New York, 1999), Shadowland (Hong Kong, 2001), Sublimal (The Philippines and also Thailand, 2006), Baik Art (South Korea, 2013), in Indonesia – Borobudur, Amanjiwa, Arangbali (2004), Kota Sunyi (2007), Nafsu (2010), and in Singapore — Paintings Drawings and Prints 1991-2007 (2007), Bones & Sinews (2011), Being (2009), Primordial Dream (2005) and Distant Gamelan. His Kuala Lumpur solos include Kota Sepi (VWFA, 2012), Icons (Richard Koh Fine Art, 2005) and Interpreter Of Desires (Taksu, 2003).