A sense of intimacy is captured through careful modelling of the subject in natural flesh tones. Composed from life, the seated lady is a refined study of the female form in a painterly style. Gan Chin Lee is part of the F Klub, a collective of visual artists linked by a mutual interest in celebrating the human figure in art. A finalist in the Saksi Competition in 2003, he got into the winning circle big-time when he was one of the five who won the Malaysian Emerging  Artist Award (MEAA) in 2009, the others being Mohd Al-Khuzairie Ali, Poodien, Samsudin Wahab and Bakir Baharom. After his Diploma in Illustration at the One Academy of Communication Design, he went to China for his Advanced Studies in Mural Painting (2005) and Masters in Fine Art (2008, where he also won the Graduate Creation bronze prize) at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2010, he won the Platinum Awards by the One Academy, where he lectures now.