小马,全名马兴国,云南寻甸人。1999年入伍后爱上画画,常常把战友们请来当模特,渐渐地成为部队里的美术宣传骨干。我和小马相识于一期全军美术创作班,之后,经常和小马交流,从绘画技法到艺术语言,探讨的问题很多。慢慢地,我对小马的艺术历程有了更多的了解。对于艺术的追求更是执著,由于云南地处边陲,红土地、蓝天、白云以及丰富的亚热带植物,吸引了全国、全军的很多油画名家到 Pony, full name Ma Xingguo, Yunnan Xundian people. After joining the army in 1999, he fell in love with painting and often invited comrades-in-arms to be models while gradually becoming the art propaganda backbone in the army. After I met with a colt in the art creation class of the whole army, I often talked to the colt from the techniques of painting to the language of art and discussed many problems. Slowly, I learned more about the pony’s art history. The pursuit of art is even more demented. As Yunnan is situated in the border areas, the red land, the blue sky, the white clouds and rich subtropical plants, it has attracted many oil painting famous of the whole country and the army