秦蔼美是一位很有天赋的青年画家，我在十一，二年前纽约家里第一次见到她，当时，她是一个很可爱美丽的小姑娘，性情有些特别，比较同年龄的孩子显得不合群，对于大人说话的反应有时敏感，有时淡漠……
　　许多年过去了，她在偶然的尝试中爱上了绘画，这种爱好发展成迷恋，为了画画她可以在雨中走很多路到自己的“画室”去作画。日积月累，画越来越多了，对于自己的画表现出如同自己的手足，爱护备至，从不送人。
　　我最近又见到蔼美，她已长大了。让我看她的画，她是如此的心情激动，几乎一直在眼前急急地走动，我能感受到这些画对于她是多么的重要，这些画真是美丽极了，色彩尤其出色，不论是临摹，写生还是创作，她都是我行我素，从不依附别人的感受，天马行空，而又极善于控制，她终于找到了自己生命的归宿。我相信这就是所谓“心画”，许多画家一辈子也没有体验过这种境界。我相信她有一个相对封闭的自己的世界，在这里面她是自信而且自足的。学过画的人可以从中得到不少启迪，而对于初学者，和那许多高考班的学员与教员，更应当好好思考了。恐怕，一个人首先为自己去画画，他才会有永不消失的热情。其次才有绘画的艺术，才会有绘画的感动。想起来，我们关于绘画的想法，似乎是本末倒置了，在许多画里，我们是看不到画者自己的。
2005.8.6于北京　

　　Chun Oi Mei is a talented young painter. I first met her at my home in New York about 11or 12years ago. At that time she was a lovely and pretty little girl, whose character was somewhat special or singular, she was not gregarious with the children of her same age. As for her reaction to adults she appeared sometimes sensitive and sometime nonchalant…

　　Years went by. she accidentally tried painting pictures and was falling to love the fine art deeply even since. For the painting, she would take a long walk in the rain to the studio. Days after days, a lot of works have been accumulated through the years. She loves her paintings, as they are the part of her body. She never gave away her works to anyone.

　　Recently, I saw Amy again. She has gown up. By letting me to see her paintings. She was so exciting that she was pacing rapidly in front of me during the almost entire course. I can feel how important are these works to her. These painting are really beautiful, especially the colors. No matter what form of the art: imitating practices,life drawings or creating paintings, she always takes her own way and never attached to the experiences from others. Though she wields her brush on the canvas like a bucking bronco, yet good in reining it. She finally has found the destining home of her life. I believe this is so call”Heart Pictures ”. Many painters have never experienced the realm of this sort. I believe she has a relatively secluded world of her own , in which she has confidence and self-sufficiency. Those who have ever leamed painting may draw some inspiration from this, especially to those beginners and student candidates for Fine Art College and their teachers. They needed think about it. I am afraid the first thing one must t is to draw for one’s own sake. He, then, will never lose his enthusiasm. Next, he will have the art of painting, and through the art of the painting to reach and touch people. It occurs to me that the way we now deal with painting, seemingly enough, is to’put the cart before the horse’. For many paintings, we are unable to find the painters themselves in it .

August 6,2005 Beijing

作者：袁运生