He liked painting even as a child, and was fortunate enough to receive praise and encouragement from a middle school arts teacher who had himself studied under a renowned Japanese watercolorist. This gave him the opportunity to head north to study fine arts at Taipei Teachers College.
從小他就喜歡畫畫，並且很幸運地受到曾師承於日本著名的水彩畫家石川欽一郎的一位初中美術老師傅熼生的讚賞和鼓勵，使得他有機會北上就讀台北師範藝術科。