Because she spent whole days running around between her home, hospital, and office, and cloth and canvas are easier carry and preserve, she trained herself to paint on these materials (as opposed to the traditional ink-and-brush material of paper). She thus be came the first ink-and-brush artist to paint on canvas, which is normally used for oil painting.
也因為整天奔走於家、醫院、辦公室之間，棉布較易攜帶、保存，她練就一身畫「布」的本事，成為第一個用油畫布畫水墨的畫家。