This ink on paper by the artist could be made during one of his travels in Bali in 1952. He focused on the elegant postures of local women engaging in their everyday routines. Much of the painter's works are mostly inspired by his travels, landscape, people in daily life and culture. Singapore art pioneer Cheong Soo Pieng is one of the progenitors of the Nanyang Style with the prototype figure types and incorporating local mileau. He had his formal art education in China, graduating from the Xiamen (1935) and Xinhua (1936) fine art academies. He migrated to Singapore in 1946 after a spell in Hong Kong, and lectured at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, from 1947 to 1961. In 1952, he made the landmark trip to Bali with Liu Kang, Chen Wen Hsi and Chen Chong Swee that inspired the Nanyang Style. He was awarded the Singapore Meritorious Service Award in 1962 and was accorded a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur in 1967. He died of a heart attack in 1983.