One is struck by the elegance of the portraited, holding up her dress in front with her slender backlines exposed. Her hair is well-coiffured and sparkling silver jewellery on her ear, neck and hand adds a touch of class to the portrait of the attractive Eurasian expat once living in the littoral Tanjung Bungah, Penang. Noteworthy, too is the little sexy mole just above the right side of her upper lips and she has sultry eyes. Her long ear traces the line of her delicate oval face. The artist, Dato' Hoessein Enas, has rendered just the right soft tones to her flesh. Hoessein had stayed in Penang for sometime before he was enticed to Kuala Lumpur by then dealer extraordinaire and 'art-fixer' Frank Sullivan. The year 1956, the year he painted this portrait, was momentous for Dato' Hoessein Enas. He was granted Malaysian citizenship after he formed the Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (later SeMalaysia) based on a similar group he formed in Medan, Indonesia, where he originated. He also painted the famous 56 Malaysians portraits, commissioned by Shell Malaysia. In 1966, he was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery. The Sultan of Selangor invested him the title of 'royal painter' in 1990, and in 1991, conferred him with a Dato'ship. His first solo exhibition was at the Charniel Gallery in London in 1960.