冉茂芹，《蘭嶼落日》： 台灣‧台東
91×65cm，2004年

蘭嶼在台東外海，是台灣迷人的島嶼，島不大，摩托車環島一周也不到兩小時，島上居住二千多達悟族，捕魚和種植芋頭為生。他們的房屋低矮且深陷於山坡土表，因而，冬暖夏涼。尤其令人驚豔的是達悟人用木板手工製作的小船，兩頭翹起，船身雕刻圖案，填上紅白花紋，美麗極了。

我畫過面向太平洋的東清灣，決意再畫一幅蘭嶼落日，畫中：夕陽西下，漫天浮雲，海浪嘻鬧，排成隊的小船們彷彿向晚霞致敬，這黃昏多麼溫暖和愉快啊，所以，過去曾取了一個稍長的名字「太陽最後的微笑」。

YIM Mau-Kun, Sunset at Lanyu, Taitung, Taiwan
91×65cm，2004

Lanyu lies off the coast of Taitung and is one of Taiwan’s most enchanting islands. The island is small—one can ride a motorcycle around it in less than two hours. It is home to more than two thousand Tao people, who make their living by fishing and cultivating taro. Their houses are low and set deep into the hillside earth, making them warm in winter and cool in summer. Most striking of all are the Tao people’s hand-built wooden boats: both ends curve upward, and the hulls are carved with patterns and painted in red and white designs—exquisitely beautiful.