Depicted in the scene is a typical kampung house (figure sitting near the staircase, entrance) with few coconut trees standing by the side that seems blown by the afternoon breeze. This type of house is common in the east coast area of Malaya. Delicate colours of green and blue sky convey a sense of tranquillity and peace producing an atmospheric composition. Mun Sen is dubbed the ‘Father of Malaysian Painting’ in the eponymous book by Dato’ Dr. Tan Chee Khuan, who single handedly laid the historical template of pioneers in Malaysian art. Mun Sen, a fourth-generation Malayan, was accorded posthumous memorial exhibitions in Singapore (1966), Kuala Lumpur (National Art Gallery, March 1972) and Penang (Penang State Art Gallery, PSAG, September 1972). The PSAG honoured him with a major Retrospective in 1999. He had solo exhibitions in London (Malayan Pavilion, British Industrial Fair, 1948), Tasmania (Australia) and Cleveland (United States). He co-founded the Penang Chinese Art Club (1936), the Singapore Society of Chinese Artists (1936) and the Penang Art Society (1953). He set up the Tai Koon Studio in Penang 1922 (renamed Mun Sen Studio in 1930, with a branch in Northam Road the next year).