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and Yeong Ah Soo, both encouraging the young Poh to experiment with various art mediums. In 1967, Poh entered the Teacher's Training College, majoring in art education. Even then, this earnestness to experiment in his art-making followed him through College, which opened up his mind to newer techniques and ideas in art. Poh graduated from the college in 1970 and taught art with various schools in Singapore. Poh is a self-taught artist and inspired by works of the Impressionists and

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, which led him to develop his unique style exploring ideas about nature. His major influence came from the works by Spanish artist

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and helped to embark Poh's personal journey into abstract art and free-form expression works of art in ink.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poh, Siew Wah 1948 births Living people Singaporean artists Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean painters