The intricate composition in watercolour portrays a graceful dancer adorned in an elaborate costume and an intricately designed headdress. Delicately rendered with deft brushwork, the figure radiates elegance and poise, capturing a fleeting moment of movement and rhythm. These ornamental patterns echo the ornate carvings found in the surrounding architectural structure, creating a visual harmony between figure and environment. Khaw Sia is perhaps the best trained among the pioneers, with tutelage at Liu Haisu’s Sin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai (1925-1932) and informal private lessons under British-Scottish watercolourist Sir William Russel Flint (1880-1969) in London (1933). Khaw Sia settled in Penang in 1937 and briefly in Hong Kong. He held his first solo in Penang in 1955 and was given a posthumous Retrospective by the Penang State Art Gallery in 1998. His standard was impeccable, as his works were accepted by reputable exhibitions such as the Le Salon Paris in 1956, the Royal Institute Galleries Summer Salon in London in 1957, and the 25th National Society Exhibition in London in 1958.