Though known for his semi abstract landscape paintings, Manscape features three figures (self portrait?) carefully embedded into the natural landscape. Painted in a variety of brushstrokes, fused with broad patches of colour, it depicts three figures dressed in western attire, which explore the ideals and fragments of the modern world. His compositions express his response to the environment and often feature a variation of overlapping shapes and lines, which adds texture and interest to the surface. From his secluded studio in Bau, Sarawak, Raphael Scott Ahbeng painted on a variety of subjects and styles, with his métier being abstract. Given his first solo in 1954, he took up an Art and Photography course at the Bath Academy of Fine Art in England (1964-1967). He also took up Drama in London in 1973 under a Sarawak Government scholarship. His awards include 1st Prize in the Sarawak Shell Open (1959, 1982, 1983), and 3rd Prize in the Natural Malaysia art competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1991. A Bidayuh, he is an artist (professional since 1990), a teacher, a photographer, a newspaper cartoonist and a radio producer. His solo exhibition Legend: A Borneo Artist at Pinkguy Gallery, showcases the complete oeuvre of Raphael's 60 years of work.