Painted using solid brushstrokes, the artwork is illuminated with the warm, sun filed radiance of the tropical landscape. The scene framed by a pair of vertical trees in the forefront provides a visual contrast of light and dark tones, surrounded by luscious greenery. Perspective was created through receding lines which converge at the vanishing point. An uplifting sense of movement was produced through the sinuous curves of the undulating hills. Dato’ Tay Hooi Keat graduated from the Camberwell School of Art, London in 1952. On his return, he was made the Penang Superintendent of Art and then the Federal Inspectorate of Art in the Education Ministry when Malaya attained Independence in 1957. He was the founding treasurer of the Penang Chinese Art Club, and was chairman of the Penang Museum Art Gallery (PMAG) board of trustees from 1964 to 1989. He was the first artist to be awarded a Dato'ship in 1986. He rarely had solo exhibitions since his first at the Penang Library in 1947. In 1980, the PMAG gave him a tribute exhibition and in 1983 the National Art Gallery honoured him with a retrospective.