岭南派第二代翘楚除关山月、黎雄才、赵少昂、杨善深四家外，另一位是活跃于香港的黎明先生。他是高剑父入室门人之一，早于一九四○年已随高氏习岭南画派画法，得其精萃。黎老师秉承了岭南派精神，写生、写实技巧深湛，创意盎然。他亦精擅花鸟、山水，花鸟肖生象真，色彩鲜丽而不流于俗，亦注意渲染和气氛的经营，尤精于描画雄鹰、鹅鸭、弥猴等，而其描画孔雀更可谓独步一时，用笔精到，设色雅丽，尤其是构图布局别具心思，生意盎然。描画山水，用笔浑厚华滋，注重空间透视，流露自然气息。其人物画则将古今风格共冶一炉，也继承岭南画的现代精神和民族气息，不落俗套。除在艺术上的成就外，黎明先生毕生致力于推广岭南画派。1996年他创立春潮画会，积极于海内外弘扬岭南画派，先后在中国各地、香港、澳门以至美国、英国、日本等举办展览，并出版了数十种创作专集，也尝于香港理工大学任驻校艺术家及在多所教育机构讲学交流。他于推广岭南画风的全情投入和锲而不舍精神，当令人钦佩和景仰。

　　邓海超

　　香港艺术馆总馆长

Immense Creativity – The Essence of Lingnan Painting

　　Among the second generation masters of Lingnan painting, Mr Lai Ming, who is active in Hong Kong’s art scene, ranks along with those of the greats such as Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Chao Shaoang and Yang Shanshen. He came under the personal tutelage of Lingnan master Gao Jianfu as early as 1940.Mastering the essential skills and adhering to the Lingnan spirit, Mr Lai excels in both drawings and abstract paintings with immense creativity. His vivid depictions of birds, flowers and landscape showcase an artistic use of bright colours and successful creation of feelings and moods. He is adept at depicting vultures, geese, ducks and monkeys, and particularly, peacocks, which display his exquisite drawing skills,elegant colour setting and unique composition. His landscape paintings are remarkable for his fluid yet bold brushstrokes, with careful space perspective to express the beauty of nature. His paintings of human figures skillfully blend modern and traditional styles that show a synthesis of contemporary Lingnan spirit and traditional Chinese painting with inspiring ideas.

　　In addition to his achievements in art, Mr Lai is dedicated to boosting the Lingnan school of painting. Founding Hong Kong Springtide Art Society in 1996, he actively promotes Lingnan painting. Exhibitions of his works have been held in various countries and cities, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, the USA, Britain and Japan. With publication of dozens of monographs on painting, Mr Lai has been appointed as Artist-in-Residence by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and he has taught and delivered lectures at many education institutions. His whole-hearted enthusiasm and dedication to promoting Lingnan school of painting is highly regarded by the art scene.

　　Tang Hoi-chiu

　　Chief Curator of the Museum of Art

作者：邓海超,Tang,Hoi-chiu