Ku-mo Lee, originally named Kuo-mo, was born into a rural family in Caotun Township, Nantou County. From a cowherd boy to a monochrome ink painting master in the art landscape in Taiwan, the path he took to become a painter is apprenticeship and self-exploration, an approach which is poles apart from the modern academy education. However, this also explains how his works can avoid the restraint of schools and theories and establish a one-of-a-kind style while innovatively preserving the traditional elements.
一、前言
李轂摩先生是一位大畫家、大書法家、大哲學家、大學問家。大凡一位有成就藝術家無不具備了天賦、勤奮、修養、膽氣、識見,對周遭事務具敏銳的觀察、靈感與對生活的特殊領悟而產生藝術衝動,發而為他人所不及的筆墨技法與審美感覺。筆墨猶如畫家的性格與修養,是畫家一生風格與特色。李轂摩先生積累六十年以上的筆墨功夫,總能於萬象之中擷取出生命的精華,隨手拈來,點化出深邃的意境,既有豪邁的氣勢,又有細膩的筆觸,每於親切的畫題中綻放出智慧的火花,不由令人驚嘆。李轂摩先生的畫作看似清淡卻蘊含雋永的人生哲理,看似簡單數筆隱含著令人嘆絕的用筆功夫,不露絲毫雕琢痕跡,淡而有味,數十年的積累功夫,對人世間哲理的體悟,從應接待人無時不令人感受到大哲學家的襟懷、涵容萬物的雅量。「自在 從心所欲」是畫家內心修為幻化為筆墨情懷,是智慧與修持的焠煉,百煉鋼成繞指柔絲,是參透世理了無罣礙的心境。