This work is from the first of Dato Chong Hon Fatt’s two commissions by the China authorities on the dulou tower fortification buildings, in Guangdong. The other was in 2009 in the Fujian sector. A star pupil of art pioneer Lee Cheng Yong (1913-74) at the Chung Ling High School in Penang, Chong Hon Fatt was conferred the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which carries the title ‘Dato’ by the Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri on Aug 17. Previously, his highest point was the Retrospective given in his honour by the Penang State Government in 2012, back at the revered institution after a solo there in 1997. After his 2007 commission under China’s World Unesco Fortified Towers Under the Sun Project, he was commissioned again to paint the dulou (tower fortress buildings) site in Fujian. He had done a total of 50 works, from several trips. He is noted as a painter who chases the sun and would pack up if it is the rainy season. Other topical focus included the Penang Jetties (postcards), the Mosques In West Malaysia (Art Case Galleries, 2001) and calendar commissions by the Kelang Terminal (1990), Malaysia Smelting and Kontena Nasional (both 1991).