A feeling of peace and spirituality emanates from the scene depicting the moment of dawn. The calming array of blue colours forming the sky and drifting clouds unite the seascape. In this composition, Sanip captures the fleeting transitions of the weather and atmosphere enlivened through his gestural brushstrokes, projecting soft tones and glimmering light across the soft waves of the ocean. Sanip is a veteran artist who has painted for over 60 years. He was one of the early Malays who graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, in 1961. His is a lifelong devotion to landscape with series such as Sri Mersing, Endau-Rompin, Gunung Ledang and Gelorasa. He was also a past president of the Johor Artists Society and the Johor Historical Society.