Chewing bettlenut is common habit in the old days. It’s very rare to see it in the modern days. In fact it’s a forgotten tradition in some cultures. People consume bettlenut as an energy booster or as offerings in some religious activities. Back in the days if you happen to pass by old kampung house you will see old folks chewing bettlenut at a balcony enjoying afternoon break. Peter Harris enjoyed sketching people in everyday life, producing portraits that are beautiful in their simplicity. Peter Harris is a pioneering artist-academician best known for his setting up of the Wednesday Art Group in 1952. He helped set up the foundation of art education in the then Malaya as art superintendent from 1951 to 1960, and returned to teach at Gaya College in Sabah from 1962 to 1967. He was accorded the country’s first Retrospective by the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 1960, and was given a comeback Retrospective at GaleriWan, Kuala Lumpur, in 1997, and by The Art Gallery, Penang (TAGP), in 2001. TAGP held a tribute Memorial exhibition for him in 2009 at Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur. Peter Harris was educated at the West of England College of Art (1939) and was awarded the MBE (Member, Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II of England in 1963.