新元是一个独特的艺术家,他的画强悍粗犷,任性恣肆,很难将他归类。有时候从直觉上我会觉得他有些像鲁奥,但追究下去鲁奥太深沉,有悲剧性,新元则更野性,更自在,他终究与鲁奥不是一路人,他更接近本色,保留着来自乡野的气息。说他本色,是因为他从不掩饰自己,亦不企图掩饰自己,亦似乎不能掩饰自己,横看竖看他都是那个样子。他所呈现的不是他的追求,他甚至只能是那个样子。所谓本色,换言之就是赤裸裸的存在。但新元诚然又是个学者。他对于中国民间的艺术有独到而深刻的研究。与一般学者 Singapore dollar is a unique artist, his paintings tough tough, self-willed unbridled, it is difficult to classify him. Sometimes I intuitively feel like he is a bit like Lu Ruo, but hold on to Luo too deep, tragic, the more yuan is more wild, more comfortable, he is not Luoyu after all the way, he is more natural, more reserved From the rustic atmosphere. It is because of his character that he never conceals himself nor does he try to hide himself. He can not seem to conceal himself. What he presents is not his pursuit, he can only be that way. The so-called true color, in other words, is naked. However, the Singapore dollar is certainly a scholar. He has a unique and profound study of Chinese folk art. And general scholars