Under a sunset in spring. Living at the foot of Yanshan mountain. As auspicious as the legendary fortune plant. As elegant as extraordinary aroma. Tang dynasty, Wang Mian, "The Lily Ode" Zhou Chunya once uncompromisingly claimed that his artworks is infused with Chinese complex despite being heavily influenced by western culture especially German neo expressionism. He has created various colorful and distinctive art series with his unique and superb skills, the talent on colors and smooth expressionism. His artwork Lily was created with the picture painted by western oil paint and the spirit of Chinese literati art. Zhou started the creation of Flowers serie in the 90s, which is based on the historic literati painting to create a new original artwork. The flower images are usually floating in the middle of a plain white background, which corresponds the "blank" technique in Chinese ink art and increased the flexibility to modify. Lily is one of the most iconic work of the serie. Flower is a commonly admired and presented theme by Chinese literatis, and the theme is redefined under Zhou Chunya’s paint brush. His paintings are infused with Chinese traditional culture. Lily is Zhou’s mature attempt after Rocks of the Mountains, Flowers and Green Dog series in 2000. He used the material behavior of oil paint, rendered the color and tone interleaving to depict the elegant appearance of the lily flower. The flower is painted with vintage and bold brush strokes unlike the implicit style in traditional literati art. His flowing skills and freehand presentation draws the eternal beauty of blooming lilies that looks like they’re dancing in the picture. This is the same idea that Ma Desheng, a poetry painter, wanted to present in his poem in the early 80s. The simple background set the spotlight on the blooming flowers, which is a common technique in traditional Chinese ink paintings. “The deepest meanings always occur in the emptiest place”. That’s the base concept of literati art, and Zhou Chunya nailed it with his own artistic character.