“生命从六十岁开始”,这是画家黄继葵对自己从编辑生涯退下来后开始花鸟画创作的一个定位,也是他退休后的恬淡生活中鞭策自己对艺术不懈追求的座右铭。如果不是亲眼见到,很难想象那些笔墨奔放、线条遒劲的大写意花鸟画的作者竟会是一个谦和而略显拘谨的老人。写意二字,更容易 “Life begins at the age of 60,” is the artist’s position as Huang Ji-kui started his flower-and-bird painting after he retreated from his editing career. He is also the motto of spurring his tireless pursuit of art in his retired post-retirement life. If you do not see it, it is hard to imagine those pen-and-inky writers who write in the most freehand brushwork and flower-and-bird painting as a modest and slightly cautious old man. Freehand word, easier