In 1983 he resigned the job as high school teacher that he had held for nine years to concentrate on his calligraphy, carving, and painting. He entered a period of virtual hibernation.
．小魚本名陳正隆，民國卅七年生於雨港基隆，民國六十一年畢業於中國文化學院美術系。．民國七十二年他辭去服務九年的國中教職，專心寫字、刻印、作畫，過著近乎隱居的生活。