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An  Old  Lady's  Art  of  Painting
Cidui　Lau-Hujiin　ee　To'oe　Gexsut
(一位老夫人的圖畫藝術)
　　　　Lim, Lie Siax-Liuu　(林李榭柳）　( 1898-1996)
＊　Professor Dr. Lin, Engteg's mother, aged 98, remained hundreds of colorful sketches and paintings of flowers and woods. 
　
　Lim Engteg Phoksu ee lauxbuo, 98-hoex, lauha cviapaq pag ee zhayseg pinhwn ee hoef kab chiuxbok ee sorbiaau kab to'oe.　(林榮德博士的母親, 98歲,留下成百幅的彩色繽紛的花與樹木的素描和圖畫）

＊　During her lifetime, nearly one century, so familiar with the environmental delicacy around her, she cherished any living creatures including the little animals and little children touched by her tenderness. 
　Ti yi zhaputtof kin-cid'seakie ee senggaai-tiofng, in'ui tuix yi-ciu'uii ee byle-hoankerng segsai, yi thviarthaxng-tioh sofu ee oaqmih, paukhoad siofsior ee toxngbut kab yi-chinchied ee chiuo sor bofngkoex ee soeahaxn-gyn'ar.　（在她近一世紀的生涯中,因為對她周圍的美麗環境的熟悉,她疼愛著所有的活物,包括小小的動物及她親切的手所摸過的小孩子）
　
　
＊　If not with the deep passion to the ground and the respect to the vast life of MOTHER NATURE, how could she drew such delicate and elegant pictures. 　Lim, Lie Siax-Liuu virtually was one of the last narrator of Taiwan Culture.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Na mxsi yi tuix cit'ee thoftoe ee zengkarm kab tuix Toa-Zuxjieen ee sviemia ee zuntiong, yi nar u khofleeng oexzhud ciahniq'iugvar koq iubie koq kogvar ee to'oe.　Lim Lie Siax-Liuo khaksit si cidui Taioaan Bunhoax ee zoea'au ee zuoseg-ciar.　（若不是她對這個土地的情感和對大自然的生命的尊重. 她怎能有可能畫出如此優美又高雅的圖畫。　林李榭柳確實是一位台灣文化的最後的註釋者。）

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　By Prof. Dr. Lin Jong-teh

My mother, Mrs' Liim-Lie Shiaxliuu was born in Taixoafn Village in Tailaam (Tainan) Country on Sept. 16, 1899. 　My mother is left handed. 　From her childhood she has enjoyed reading and writing; she is well versed in the Three Character Primer, One Thousand Poems Primer, The Four Books, The Five Classics.　In addition to these, she also mastered the skill of making clothes and the art of embroidery. After growing up, she was married to the Lim family. 　Then she began to devote herself to the daily work in traditional Taiwanese family life.　She was a loving mother. She is a Buddhist and has made her offerings at the Tuan-Yeng Temple in Kuijiin for almost thirty years.　 In recent years, she has developed her skill in traditional Taiwanese Folk embroidery forms and patterns.　Her works in this field is a pure example of Taiwanese folk art.

My Mother's Paintings 

  1. The main subjects in my mother's paintings are trees and flowers. The styles of the tree-flower-forms are of various kinds, each displaying the most colorful cultural characteristics of the people. The forms themselves seem to be inexhaustibly varied.
  2. My mother's paintingis not tarnished by modern civilization. It is very frank, clear and pretty without any trace of artificiality.
  3. My mother's paintingsare simple, but they convey meaning and emotion to viewers.
  4. My mother's paintingsalways keep the essence of the innocence of childhood.  They enable you to see and inspect the traditional good-will and naturalness in Taiwanese culture.
  5. My mother paintssymbolic flowers which suggest memories of old gardens that she knew. 
  6. My mother's techniquegives the feeling of embroidery learned in her childhood. Each stroke gives expression to her love of nature and of her family.
  7. My another's paintingsremind one of the beautiful scenery of old Taiwan. They make one ashamed of the loss of the simplicity of Taiwanese culture. 

    8. My mother's paintingsare unlimited in imagination and phantasy. They are simple and pretty just like flawing water, floating clouds, or a poem; they also give an impression of always being alive and fresh. 
 
　
An  Old  Lady's  Art  of  Painting