One day during his spare time he idly picked up an art book and decided to translate "something interesting." The interest, however, soon moved from the translation to the art itself, and from that day on, Liu embarked on a new career as a painter.
從事軍事工程期間，劉其偉有空就嘗試作畫。他沒有受過繪畫專業訓練，起初繪畫的動機，只是為了打發出差的空閒時間。