The discussion is set, and Zhu Wei has been expressing the unspeakable sorrow as a contemporary Chinese ink painter without reservation.

话题已经打开，朱伟也毫不避讳的倒出了当下作为一个水墨画家的难言之隐。

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He recalls bitterly, "at the beginning, I felt inferior as an ink painter, for the reason that, in theory, ink painting lacks the rich expression and clarity of oil painting."

开始我觉得作为水墨画家很自卑，从技法上水墨的表现力不如油画那样丰富、逼真。

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For Chinese ink and wash painter Liu Yanfeng, the process of artistic creation is a journey to discover the essence of unspoken beauty and represent it in his own style.

对于中国水墨画家刘延风来说，艺术创作是去发现美的精髓，并用自己的方式表现出来的过程。

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By contrast, virtually every work in "The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in Seventeenth Century China" warrants its own essay on the composition's literary or political allusions, the lineage of its brushwork, and the personal and historical context in which the painter dipped brush into ink.

WSJ: Paths Easy and Daunting | Ming Masterpieces | Artful Recluse | Lacma | Asia Society | By Lee Lawrence