An accomplished artist, Dato' Tajuddin's canvases reflect his exploration of forms, lyrical colour harmonies, and gestural brushwork. In this work, delicate masses with touches of colours are rendered against a background of bright pink shades. The artist created atmospheric effects through his gestural brushwork and mark-making, with the use of light and shadow to convey three-dimensional form. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail studied Fine Art at the Faculty of Art & Design, UiTM (1969–1973) where he graduated as best student in the Fine Art Department. He furthered his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles) and later continued his graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute (New York). He was honoured the Fulbright Research Fellowship, awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York in 1987. In 1981, he apprenticed in the office of renowned designer Massimo Vignelli in New York. His awards include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition (1977), Honourable Mention, Philip Morris, Malaysia Art Award (1994) and Major Award, logo for Open University, Malaysia (2001). His selected exhibitions include Seni Lukis, Malaysian Art in Germany, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt (1990), Getaran Jiwa, Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, National Museum of Anthropology Madrid, Spain (1994), '10/2000', Ten Artists for Year 2000, Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur (2000) and 'EX02' Five Contemporary Malaysian Artists, Galeri Taksu, Kuala Lumpur (2002). He co-founded TJ Fine Art, a contemporary fine art gallery in 2004. His works are included in private collections and corporate collections such as The Estate of J.C. Handerson, Glassgow, National Art Gallery Malaysia, Bank Negara, RHB, Citibank, Petronas, Sime Darby, Philip Morris International, Khazanah Nasional, University of Malaya and Jenkins Johnson Gallery San Francisco.