In 1992, Jehan began painting the carps bred in his family home. This rare and exquisite work is composed of a serene lotus pond bathed in natural light. Bright, green leaves are overlapped in an artistic manner, leading the eye towards graceful carps in a beautiful myriad of colours. Carps are admired for their resilient spirit as they are known to travel upstream, therefore regarded as symbols of positive energy and abundance. In this work, there are 9 carps which represent good fortune and longevity. Jehan experimented with watercolour collage on crinkled rice paper in the late 1980s and later perfected this as his distinctive technique. He was given his first two solos by Frank Sullivan at Samat Art Gallery in 1968 and 1970. In 1961, he won a Merit Award in the Art India exhibition and in 1969, he won the 1st Prize (Category D) in the prestigious Salon Malaysia for his work entitled Sad October. He studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore where he was mentored by Cheong Soo Pieng. After graduating in 1960, he taught at Pay Fong Middle School in Malacca for 22 years. He turned full time into art in 1983.