作为一名蒙古族后裔和在草原文化的孕育中成长起来的画家,王延青由衷地热爱大草原,热爱生活在草原上的父老乡亲。这种质朴的乡土情感在他的作品中自然地贯穿始终。他并不刻意追求什么,选择的题材大多是草原生活中的常见景象,但也正是这样一些平常生活景象才使人感到亲切与亲近,如同生活本身那样纯朴、自然,富于草原气息。如他所说:“我所追求的,只是站在自己 As a Mongolian descendant and painter who grew up in the grass-roots culture, Wang Yanqing sincerely loves the prairie and loves the old folks living on the prairie. This rustic native emotion runs through his work naturally. He did not deliberately pursue what he chose. Most of the themes he chose were common scenes in grassland life. However, it is just such ordinary scenes of life that make people feel friendly and close to each other, as simple, natural and full of grassland atmosphere as life itself. As he said: ”I seek, just stand on their own