探求生命的奧秘是科学的永恒主题。对艺术家而言,生命现象同样魅力无穷,在视野有限的古代,画家不仅画宏伟壮阔的高山大川,也画与人亲近的花鸟鱼虫。花鸟画作为传统绘画的一个分支,早在五代已经有徐熙、黄荃这样成熟的大家出现。但长期以来,在这个领域却看不到长足的进展。进入近现代,借助科学技术的发展,人类的视野大大扩展,不仅可以看到几亿光年以外的事物,还可以看到成千上百倍放大以后的微观世界。视野的扩大为艺术家提供了更多了解这个世界的机会,更多地满足了艺术家对生命现象的好奇和探求。石荣强的水墨艺术正是生成于这样一个科技时代的背景之下,他能一反传统花鸟画上千年的程式和定于一尊的格局,是因为他采用了一个全 The mystery of life is the eternal theme of science. As far as artists are concerned, the phenomenon of life is equally attractive. In the ancient time when the field of view was limited, the painters painted not only magnificent mountains and rivers, but also flower, bird and fish insects close to people. As a branch of traditional painting, flower and bird painting appeared as early as in the Five Dynasties, with mature people like Xu Xi and Huang Quan. However, long-term progress has not been made in this area for a long time. Into the modern age, with the development of science and technology, greatly expanded the horizon of mankind, not only can see hundreds of millions of light years away from things, you can also see tens of thousands of times magnified after the micro-world. The expansion of horizons offers artists an opportunity to learn more about the world and more to satisfy artists’ curiosity and exploration of life phenomena. Shi Rongqiang’s ink-and-wash art was born under the background of a science and technology era. He could reverse the tradition of flower-and-bird painting for thousands of years and set a pattern because he adopted a whole