Jehan Chan expressed his affinity to the natural landscape through his compositions. A fresh colour palette of earthy colours was used to depict a village located at the foothills and mountain peaks. Jehan Chan recreates the immersive atmosphere that captures the serene beauty of nature with special textural effects. A brilliant watercolourist, he reflected the best of his tutelage in the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, under the personal supervision of the great Cheong Soo-pieng. His other early mentors were his father, Chan Wee Sim, and Chung Chen Sun, the founder of the Malaysian Institute of Art - both excelling in Chinese brush paintings. Jehan Chan was given his first two solos at the Samat Art Gallery, in 1968 and 1970, by the most fastidious Frank Sullivan. In 1991, he had another solo at The Art Gallery Penang before he held his solos every day at his host of galleries in Malacca. His early promise can be seen in his 1st Prize (D Category) award in the prestigious Salon Malaysia in 1969. He was also given Certificate of Merit in the Joy of Living competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1964, and the 1961 Contemporary Art Exhibition in India.