But both my writing and art occupied a common ground--concern for and observation of the natural world. The subjects of my oil paintings were still often things mentioned in my articles, like the scenery along seacoasts--the shells, the birds, the plants--and the rolling clouds, the rainbows and shrubbery along mountain trails.
但是不論畫或寫作，都有共通點，仍是對大自然的關懷與觀察，我油畫的題材常常也是文章中寫到的，像海岸邊的景觀、貝殼、鳥、植物，及山道的流雲、彩虹、灌木叢等等。