In 2013, the artist, together with the FKlub made a trip to Bali, deepening their understanding on Balinese culture and history. The work was conceived participating in life drawing sessions, revealing their passion for sketching the human form. The beauty, clad only in sarong, is poised confidently with hands positioned around her hips. Composed in dynamic colors, the curvilinear shapes of the body are carefully balanced.   Shia Yih Yiing was educated at the Malaysian Institute of Art. She held her first solo Homage to Ordinary Life at the Creative Centre, Kuala Lumpur in 1998. She won the Kontena Nasional’s Rural Malaysia Award in 1993 and a Minor Award in the Young Contemporary Artists competition in 1994. She was selected for the Asean Visual Art Education Workshop in Mandaluyong, the Philippines in 1994, and the Commonwealth Fellowship in Arts And Crafts in New South Wales, Australia in 1999.  She was an alternate artist in the Vermont Studio Center Fremont Fellowship in 2007. Since 1989, her works have also been included in a number of group and solo exhibitions, most notably her solo wOm(b) at Galeri Petronas in 2004. Her works form part of major collections that include Galeri Petronas, HSBC Bank Berhad and the National Art Gallery Malaysia.