The world of light and shadows reflect the waves of city lights and vague skylines. In the crowd of pigeons in the sky, the painter glances at the glittering sunlight. The broad vision of the sun and the moon, the mountain and the chasms are actually what he saw from the airplane. A Chinese literati with a mind of Western open-mindedness and sense of humor, he often expresses deep meanings in his apparent simple works. His themes might a monkey family or very delicate *pointed figures or even mosquitoes.

　　No matter if they are exquisite small-scale works or long scrolls of broad cosmos, Chen's works often manifest sophistication within simple touches. They may look natural and fluent, yet every stroke is precise and exact. Whether you look at them closely or from a distance, you can always find their beauty. If you look at the paintings from a distance, you can capture the grandeur and power and the exact and precise composition; if you look closely, you may be struck by their discretion and magnificent skills. Giving up the solely 'horizontal perspective', he applies 'supine angle', 'prone angle' and 'turning angle' to develop new ways of looking and putting into perspectives. Based on the old tradition, he is not restricted by it but transforms, reorganize, re-create the old forms, and finally return to the world.

　　 Such an understanding of life and the cosmos originates from his keen observation of nature, which is also the element in his painting. Whether his paintings are the mansions, landscapes, human figures, arch bridges, flowers and trees, we can always find part of the painting as a starting point: follow its touches and strokes, we seem to travel with the artist and experience such transcendental tranquility.**From a static point, the lines seem to become dynamic and take us into the world of the painting and lead us to change our viewpoints. We trace the line and think that we have reached its end, but surprisingly, it turns and twists and presents us with another world. The blank also creates a flowing space that extends our viewpoints to infinite possibilities. Our imagination is thus expanded and sensibility sharpened. We seem to enjoy a fuller life through such appreciation.