牛刻苦耐勞、質樸愚駑、犧牲奉獻的精神,只能默默耕耘卻無法享受、面對無情剝削只能無言承受、面對未來只能任人擺佈卻無法自己掌控。
耕完一大片田地,老牛稍事休息,後頭還有做不完的農事等著。
以一點透視做為構圖依據,讓視野更寬廣更深遠。
Water buffalos are so long-suffering, simple-minded, and selfless in spirit that they can plow fields without any enjoyment, take harsh treatment without complaint, and accept whatever future people arrange for them without any thought of controlling their own fates.
After plowing a large field, the old buffalos get a short rest, but behind them there is still work that needs to be done.
The one-point perspective used as a basis for the composition broadens and deepens the field of vision.
透過田埂的結構表現出線性透視。以普魯士藍和土黃為主色,使整張畫呈現灰土色。溝渠中使用寒色和暖色的碎點並置,來表現泥巴一塊一塊的質感。橡膠輪胎原本的固有色較黑,但是畫家將它處理得較為偏向灰白色,目的是為了與犁過的土地顏色區分開來。
可以感受到畫家受到美國懷鄉主義大師安德魯.魏斯(Andrew Nowell Wyeth,1917-2009)以及臺灣的鄉土文學的影響。