本繪畫創作研究,一方面透過寓言所潛藏的潛伏意義啟發創作理念,另一方面探究古今中外繪畫上的寓言題材與風格的表現法,以深耕創作表現內涵並期望在形式與技法上有所創新。研究內容重點包含三方面:一、從有關文獻瞭解寓言的本質及其藝術表現。二、從傳統及當代繪畫作品,探討寓言繪畫的內容與形式。三、以「夸父追日」的寓言為創作主題並結合台灣開發史蹟,作系統的創作研究。在這一系列的創作研究過程中,筆者體驗到寓言的深藏潛伏意義,有助於深化繪畫作品的內涵,激發創新風格的勇氣,而能在創作實務中結合感情與理念,使得現實與理想得到對話的機會。此外,筆者也深感藝術創作須能展現內在的生命感,而要拓展更廣闊的創作疆域須有更深刻的生活體驗,方能激發自我藝術生命的蛻變。因而自我期許以結合寓言與現實生活為新創作的開始、以藝術創作為持續的努力與對社區藝術文化的回饋。
This study was aimed at inspiring the creative ideas for personal painting, by looking into the latent meaning of allegory, and to enrich the expressive content and promote the quality of the artworks, through analyzing the formal and content properties of some master works of related subjects. Efforts were taken for the three main aspects of this study. First, related literature was reviewed for the concepts and theory about allegory as well as its forms of expression. Second, allegory paintings of both traditional and contemporary styles were submitted to the inquiry for their formal and content properties. Third, and the last, the Chinese fable "Ku-Fu's Chasing After the Sun" was taken as the theme for a series of creative works, with some of the subject maters implying the lyrical events in early history of Taiwan. In the course of this creative study, the author was deeply convinced that the allegoric style of expression could help enrich the expressive content of a work of art, encourage innovation on the style, and enable the artist to make fusion of his emotion and ideas in the process of painting. In addition, the author also deeply sensed that a creative work of art should reveal the artist's innermost sense of life, while the artist should advance his life experience, in order to expand his artistic vision and excite his career. Finally, the author urged himself to make best use of allegorical implication for reality in life to create a new era of his art practice, and as the lasting effort and feedback to the art culture of his own community.