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The Estetika Timur series encapsulates rhythmic, symbolic forms, and colours drawn from the archipelago, with reference to the west coast of Sabah and the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Painted in 2020, this work stands as a captivating early example of the series, rooted in personal memory and articulated through the artist's assured command of technique. The detailed composition unfolds through distinctive forms that are lyrical, suffused with light, and animated by a sense of movement. Through a harmonious concentration of forms, lines, and colour, the work draws the viewer into a serene landscape defined by beauty and remembrance. On the right, powerful forms curving with confident energy and expressive vitality, are seamlessly fused with the intricate embellishment on the left. Their elegant forms, painted in rich colours, evoke flourishing tendrils that extends outward in a fluid motion, reinforcing the work's dynamic visual rhythm. For one who graduated in Fine Art at the age of 27, Awang Damit Ahmad is a natural. Topping his studies at the Mara Institute of Technology and then at Catholic University. Most brilliant was his clutch of prestigious awards: Major Award in Salon Malaysia III and also a Consolation Prize (1991), the Minor Award in the Bakat Muda Sezaman (1984), 2nd Prize in the Malaysian Bank Association art competition (1988), and the Gold Award in the Ecorea Jeonbuk Biennale and the Olympic Fine Art in London, both in 2012. As an academician, he retired at the University ITM as Associate Professor in May 2011 after first teaching in 1985. His prices in local and foreign art auction houses have been soaring consistently. Reference Awang Damit Ahmad, Estetika Timur 2021-2023, Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers, 2024.