迩近绝少画牡丹，一来是这类题材太多人画着，二来这题材也旧了，老生常“画”，没什么新意可言。

在这帧小横条的右页，我们安排三五朵大小牡丹，一片深深浅浅的花色，是主题之所在。左边则安插两只小水鸭，蹲在土堆上休憩。

这种小野鸭是台湾的冬候鸟。每到冬天，淡水河的河面便麇集了成千上万只小水鸭，往来觅食。这时，我们只要拿一筒望远镜，便可欣赏得过瘾了。

Peony and Wild Ducks （牡丹与野鸭）

I have painted very few peonies lately. For one thing, too many people paint peonies, and for another, it's an old topic. Just making peony paintings wouldn't have any novelty.
I have arranged a few large and small peonies on the right side of this small horizontal scroll. The depth and lightness of the flowers' colors is the subject of the painting. The two wild ducks on the left side are resting on a pile of soil.
This kind of small wild ducks migrate to Taiwan in the winter. You can see thousands of these ducks foraging in flocks on the Danshui River in the winter. You can watch them as long as you like if you bring a telescope.＠
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