Water is the succour of life. In rural areas in the past, wells were dug at water sources for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing. Tin Maung Oo hankers for the simple life in the countryside, with the simple hutment as abode and surrounded by luxuriant vegetation, despite the absence of electricity and piped water. Green is life, and here there is a sense of natural growth and good abundance that Nature provides. Tin Maung Oo started out painting at the age of 23 under the guidance of Bogie, Shwe Oung Thame and Myint Hsan. He worked solely as an artist, never having to sustain himself doing other jobs like teaching or illustrating. His first home solo was at the NM Gallery in Yangon, Myanmar, in 1999 – a good four years after his first solo called In Search of Grace at the Nobel Gallery in Singapore.