This undated 花鸟(flower-and-bird) work was delicately done using fingers to portray a spontaneous feel. Sprays of plum blossoms dot the sparse branches with two chatty birds perched on the bottom right – a pictorial structure of harmony and simplicity. Though Wen Hsi was also adept at painting in the Western media, he is best known for his Chinese paintings of gibbons and egrets. He was influenced by the style of Wang Geyi (1897-1988), and was a protégé of Pan Tian-shou (1897-1971), an expert in finger-painting.