旅日畫家曹玉岸自幼生長在山明水秀的陽明山麓，對於大自然有著豐富的情感與敏銳的觀察力也衍生日後對山水創作不解之緣。長年旅居日本，以墨彩畫表現異國春夏秋冬之美，近年更以南洋風情、馬來西亞風景老街等題材加以寫生創作，以及故鄉臺灣之各地名勝入畫，而匯聚成「台．馬．日」三地國際性之文化結合。
聚焦賞析：以中國傳統水墨畫加諸水彩畫、日本畫之色料等探研彩墨畫之特性，以紙本設色渲染筆觸等效果，表現大自然美景、風土老街之題材持續創作墨彩畫。
The Taiwanese painter Tsao Yu-An who currently lives in Japan grew up in the beautiful Yangmingshan from whence his deep bond and keen observation of nature originates. Because of his background, he has immersed himself in the world of Chinese landscape painting. Having lived in Japan for a long time, Mr. Tsao excels at depicting the beauty of the spring, summer, fall and winter in Japan. In recent years, street scenes in South-Asia and Malaysia have become one of his favorite subjects. Together with the Chinese landscape paintings of famous tourist attractions in Taiwan, Mr. Tsao brings the Taiwanese audience his interpretation of the culture of “Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan.”
Focus：Mr. Tsao adds watercolor paints and paints used in Japanese paintings to his Chinese landscape paintings to explore the characteristics of Mo-Tsai painting (coloured ink painting) and applies such effects as ink and colored paper, strokes and ink diffusion to create colored ink paintings depicting natural scenes and old street scenes.