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Lee Long Looi is known for his distinctive portraits of damsels in a rural setting. In this composition, the mother is cradling her child who is longing for her attention and comfort. The mother and child is one of the artist's most significant themes, and by the use of subtle tones, Long Looi enhances the kind and nurturing qualities of the mother. Lee Long Looi graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore, in 1964. He studied at the Art Student League and the Pratt Institute, both in New York, in 1970. That year, he held his first solo at the Jarvis Art Gallery in New York. He won a batik prize in the United States for three consecutive years. He was given two Retrospectives by The Art Gallery Penang, first in 1997 and the other in 2010. His recent solo art exhibition entitled 4 Decades: Masterworks by Lee Long Looi was held at The Art Gallery in Penang.