When Liao first arrived, his oil paintings won several prizes. The works of well-known artists in galleries and museums made him a little nervous, however.
留法之初，廖修平很想在油畫方面一顯身手，用功頗深，曾得到巴黎塞納河繪畫大展議長獎及巴黎春季沙龍展銀牌獎，但是在看了那麼多的名家名作之後，他被驚懾住了。