For Dato' Chuah Thean Teng, the Mother-and-Child theme is a recurring one for the epitome of human values and a mother's sacrifices. A close-up rendition, the scene emanates an aura of warmth, featuring a robust woman cradling her youngest child to sleep, while her two elder children are nearby, forming an inseparable unit. In the depiction of the mother in a nurturing role, this work portrays the tender affection between the family. The most iconic of Teng's Mother-and-Child batik is Two Of A Kind (1968), which was one of two works chosen for UNICEF's greeting cards. His other work, Tell You A Secret, was in 1987. As acknowledged by Professor Michael Sullivan, Dato' Chuah Thean Teng was hailed the 'Father of Batik Painting' (Chinese Art in the 20th Century, 1959), the only Malaysian to have started a world art genre, Batik Painting. He was among the world's art elite in the Commonwealth Artists of Fame exhibition, to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977. The National Art Gallery accorded him an early Retrospective in 1965 and a Tribute in 2008, while Penang's Retrospective came in 1994. Penang also awarded him with the Dato' title in 1998 and the Living Heritage status in 2005. He established Yahong Art Gallery, first at Leith Street (1953) and then Batu Ferringhi (1994), which functions as his veritable museum which includes batik works of his three sons and two grandchildren. He also held solos in the United States and London (Commonwealth Institute). His batik mural commissions included the Malayan Embassy in Canberra, Australia (1959), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (1960), Malayan Tobacco Company, Kuala Lumpur (1960), and Bank Negara's branch in Penang (1974).