Known for his distinctive use of space, the composition in Haron Mokhtar’s works often portrays detailed illustration of heritage architecture at the top part of the canvas and the people associated to the building at the lower end of the canvas leaving vast negative space in between. Heritage House With Two Maidens however, depicts a traditional kampong house and two Caucasian women instead of native dwellers. The artist has used the colour green in various tones for the background and the colour brown to illustrate the heritage dwelling in this piece. Haron Mokhtar attained BA Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking from UiTM (1983 – 1987). He won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) competition organised by National Art Gallery in 1987 with his ‘Malay Pop’ mix of traditional architecture and culture. In 1988, he obtained his Art Teacher’s Diploma. He has taught in schools in Selangor and Sarawak and since 1989 and was a senior teacher on humanities at the SMK Ungku Aziz in Sabak Bernam in 1998. His awards include Second Prize in Landscape Selangor competition (Shah Alam Art Gallery, 2002), Consolation Prize, Historical Incidents competition (National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2005), Second Prize, Merdeka competition in 2010. In 2011, he held a solo exhibition titled Warisan at Pelita Hati Gallery of Art, Kuala Lumpur. His most recent show Yesteryear By Haron Mohktar, showcasing 26 new paintings, was held at Interpr8 gallery Kuala Lumpur in 2015.