Deeply influenced by nature, Raphael Scott employed gestural brushwork and vivid colours focusing on the spatial arrangement. In this trio, the rhythms and harmonies of the forest landscape takes shape through expansive areas of colour. The intuitive brushwork across the surface gives the canvas an exuberant sense of life. RSA, as he is sometimes known, was a Bidayuh who resided in Bau. He took up an Art and Photography course at the Bath Academy of Art in Britain from 1964-1967 and was given a Sarawak Government grant for a Drama course in London in 1973. He had worked as an artist (professional since 1990), a radio producer, a newspaper cartoonist and a teacher. He had his first solo in 1954, and won 1st Prize at the Sarawak Shell Open competition in 1959, 1982 and 1983; and 3rd Prize in the Natural Malaysia art competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1991.