Zen painting In 1981 Chiu's wife, who never flagged in her support, sold off all her gold jewelry so that Chiu could afford to go to America to study. He traveled with the sculptor Chu Ming. The two rented a place in New York's Soho, and opened it up to visitors.
禪意入畫一九八一年，向來支持他的妻子賣掉所有金飾，讓他赴美加遊學，他與雕塑家朱銘同行，兩人在紐約蘇活區租屋創作，他將租處開放參觀，並且再度嘗試性地將柏油畫拿出來展示。