Then he used gunpowder to create Overlord Chu and Self Portrait-works in which he substituted the traditional colors of ink wash with the colors of gunpowder-combining explosive fieriness with the spiritual qualities of traditional Chinese literati ink wash paintings.
後來他用火藥燒出了《楚霸王》、《自畫像》，讓同屬於「碳」的火藥取代中國傳統的墨色，也讓熾烈的爆破與空靈的中國文人畫銜接，並衍伸為日後的「火墨畫」。