His compositions have a poetic quality and capture the elegant dynamism of Chinese inkwash painting, earning him praise as a master of the four realms of poetry, brush-and-ink art, painting, and photography.
他手下的作品山林水勝，畫面詩情畫意，不論是煙波搖艇、曉風殘月、或松鶴長春，中國水墨畫的氣韻生動在他的構圖中活起來，他也被稱為詩書畫影四絕。