Yong Look Lam explores the village landscape in this picturesque kampung scene surrounded by coconut trees, highlighting the relationship between man and nature. His watercolour strokes and colours have vastly improved in the past decade, and it was not surprising when he was adjudged 2nd runner-up in the prestigious Malaysia UOB Painting of the Year in 2011 besides 2nd Prize in the Malaysian Landscape art competition organised jointly by the National Art Gallery and Public Finance in 1984. He was also one of the three major winners of the Malaysian Watercolour Society (MWS) Awards in 1987. He was a founding member of the MWS. He is the president of the Negeri Sembilan Art Society (founded in 1965) and manager of the Willow Art Centre in Seremban. He received a double Diploma from the Kuala Lumpur College of Art, of Painting in 1982 and Watercolour in 1983.