Lu Ching-fu, a member of the selection committee who has a deep understanding of Wu's work, believes that from Wu's famous 1980s series of totems for Chang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo and Deng Xiaoping to his new focus on injury to the soul, you can see the courage and wisdom of an artist moving on from styles in which he has already achieved success.
熟知吳天章作品的評審委員呂清夫認為，吳天章從八○年代成名的畫作﹘﹘蔣中正、蔣經國、鄧小平的政治圖騰系列，轉型至著墨於內在心靈傷害系列，可顯現出藝術家脫出既有成就的膽識。