But his style soon changed again. In sculptures like "Nude," "Remembrance," "Reliance," "Prayer," and "Night Lodging," he used both aboriginal and contemporary knifework on traditional materials, combining the wild call of the mountains with the desolation and despair of modern life.
但是不久，陳炯輝的風格又有了些許改變；他的木雕作品「裸」、「憶」、「依」、「祈禱」和「宿」等，題材是山地的，刀法混合了山地和現代，情感則摻雜了山地的吶喊，和現代的悲憫及落寞。「『依』就有人面蛇身的味道。」