Traveller artist Rafiee Abdul Ghani likes to look on the bright side of life, with visions of hope although he traverses, either hitchhiking or on hired vehicles, across bleak terrains, inhospitable places and places on the edge of conflict. He started with home interiors often with the beautiful garden delight and later panaromic landscapes of incredible beauty. There is, however, the 2015-2016 series, which he touched on people displaced by man-made strife and natural disasters. The crux is this: “I imagine happiness and express it. I want the play of shapes to dance in the viewer’s eyes. And when it does, I want to capture it.” He adds: “The key to appreciating modern contemporary art is to put meaning aside.” Rafiee Abdul Ghani won the Minor Award in the Young Contemporary Artists exhibition (BMS) in 1984 and 1985, and the Minor Award in the 1991 Salon Malaysia. He placed 2nd in the Malaysia Art Open in1994 and was the Malaysian winner of the Asean Art Award. He did not complete his studies at the De Vrije Academie Voor Bildeendie Kunst at the Hague, the Netherlands, in 1980, but obtained his Diploma at ITM (1981-1985), and a Master’s from the Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Polytechnic) in Britain (1986-1987). He had taught at ITM (1986-1988, 1989-1990, and in Mahe, the Seychelles (1991-1993).