In Malacca Morning III, Jolly Koh expands the horizon of The Picturesque as defined in the 18th Century by William Gilpin, "that kind of picture which is agreeable in a picture," and reminiscent of the hypnotic Sunrise, Sunset song by Topol in The Fiddler On The Roof. Its subdued hues and tones exude an almost watercolour effect on the whole composition bereft of the foreground-midground-distance perspective, with a slightly slanted headland breaking the monotony of the horizontal. The colour play sluices to the melancholy. As Federico Garcia Lorca wrote: "At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy." Jolly Koh had in 2002 done themes of Malacca Night. This represents a re-familiarisation with the Malacca he grew up in as a teenager. 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.