对于去过西藏或在那里生活过的人来说,看马元的画肯定勾你心思,他画里提供的那种纯净和鲜亮,十分清脑醒目,而且不会让你读起来吃力。在拉萨时我总有一种感觉,那里的阳光能照到每个角落,似乎没有阴面,蓝天白云下的一切都特别好看,并且西藏的风景无古今之感。我在马元的画里闻到了这种味道,也许是他的心性所 For those who have been to Tibet or lived there, watching Ma Yuan’s painting surely ticks your mind. The purity and brilliance offered in his paintings are very clear and eye-catching, and will not make you hard to read. When I was in Lhasa, I always had the feeling that the sunlight there shone everywhere. There seemed to be no shadow. Everything under the blue sky and white clouds was particularly attractive, and the landscape in Tibet was without ancient or modern feeling. I smell this taste in Ma Yuan’s paintings, perhaps his heart