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Jolly Koh, the supreme colourist, could transform even a mordant palm alcove into a landscape of wondrous beauty, with shimmers of reflection and under nocturnal glow. There is a great touch of romance from the luminescent play in the placid waters. Jolly Koh makes no apologies, in fact delights in, the orchestration of "achingly beautiful and moving pictures." It ends up being a pageantry of Nature in all its complexities and colourful theatricality. Jolly Koh is a rare conjunction of the Right Brain and the Left Brain, excelling as an artist par excellence and a sharp academic. His tutelage supports this: NDD (national diploma in design) at the Hornsey College of Art in London (1962); an art teacher's certificate at the London University (1993); Doctor of Education (1975) and Master of Science (1973) at the Indiana University, the United States. He had been a teaching associate at Indiana University, and taught briefly at the Mara Institute of Technology and Sabah's Gaya College, before teaching Art in Melbourne and Adelaide and then back to Malaysia at the MSC College (Now SeGi College). He was one of the Magnificent 7 in the GRUP exhibition held at the AIA Building, Kuala Lumpur, in 1967. In 2017, he had a major survey exhibition called Jolly Koh @76 (organised by Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers), at White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur.