Flower and bird painting in the contemporary cultural context has many possibilities for development, in the process of exploration, the painter is required to pay attention to the understanding of tradition, pay attention to the inheritance of cultural spirit, if this is missing, flower and bird painting will lose its essential significance. Painter Cai Maoyou's ink flowers and birds are mainly used to "write", and the writing itself is full of layers and changes, with the meaning of writing, and the pen is interesting. He paints with his handsome brushwork, pen and ink, thick and flexible, and reflects each other. Appreciate the work "Taoyuan Valley", peach blossoms bloom to attract double flying swallows, the picture ink color is fresh, do not seek complexity, do not weigh the scale, give people a long and quiet beauty, the seemingly simple, shallow freehand flowers and birds, with a highly concise, generalized pen and ink language, presenting a rare wonderful. In the face of tradition, the painter sincerely absorbs, faces nature, and can carefully taste the feelings of contemporary people, which is an important reason why his works have both traditional and contemporary meanings.
The painter pointed out that the so-called "writing" also has two meanings: one is the freehand mental image, and the other refers to the emphasis on writing painting in books, that is, in the process of creation, it is mainly through the rhythm of writing that presses the setbacks to express the painter's emotions. In his flower and bird painting "Persimmon Ruyi", writing about branches is not only the thickness, dryness and wetness of the ink elephant, but also the rigidity and density of the bird's handwriting, as well as the setbacks, twists, weights and diseases when writing persimmons, showing the wind and bone, posture and breath of the work, all of which have unquestionable calligraphy interest and writing characteristics, reflecting the painter's thoughts and thoughts when painting, highlighting the painter's inner spirit and state of mind.
Flower and bird paintings contain the core spirit of Chinese culture, reflect the Chinese attitude towards life, and are very affinity for nature. The best paintings of flowers and birds in the past generations have been multiplied, most of them are sparse and simple, the mood is desolate, although there are rich and wild, but on the whole, they are relatively relaxed. Looking at the works of the painter Cai Maoyou: on the one hand, it is skillful in using color, good at using water, and clever in using ink, which is a major feature of the painter's freehand flowers and birds. Exploring the method of "ink divided into thousand layers" creation, seeking simplicity in simplicity, achieving a simple and not monotonous rich artistic effect, and having a distinction with the color concept of the courtyard body and the rich color of the courtyard in the history of painting, which further strengthens the momentum in the painting and constitutes an important aspect of his modern style of flower and bird painting.