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Tan Thean Song works mainly in the batik medium, although he also paints in watercolours and Chinese ink. His batiks follow the usual themes of Mother and Child, rural life, and this work depicts the fishing activity by the group of three. Tan studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and won the 2nd Prize (Batik) in the 1969 Salon Malaysia with Flying Kite, which is now in the collection of the National Art Gallery Malaysia. Tan also won 1st Prize in the Malayan Young Artists competition in 1964. He took part in the Adelaide Expo when Georgetown and Adelaide sealed their ‘sister cities’ relationship in 1974.