Gifted touch: Gan putting the finishing touches to his latest painting called The Red Old Building.
BALIK PULAU: Louis Gan never took art lessons but picked up drawing skills by watching videos and trying to paint on canvas.
He only realised he had artistic talent when he came in second at the Malaysian-Japanese Art Competition and Exhibition in 2003. He was 16.
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