金宣紅荷 Red lotus on golden Xuan paper

綠影遷延舞袖遲，恍如金粉散琳池。壬午夏王國財精製金箋，係以金粉混入紙漿，
異於古法，華麗光釆過之，且受墨承色、重墨潑彩寫意工筆俱現毫顛，無異畫者神兵。
Mr. Kuo Ts’ai Wang uses gold dust to make his golden Xuan paper, improving on the techniques of ancient craftsmen.
It summons the Muse to help any artist using it.

羅紋沒骨寫荷 Supple lotus on textured paper

綠萍池沼裡，初見第一花。壬午冬用王國財精製羅紋沒骨寫荷，改楊萬里詩題之。
A single lotus rises from a pond green with lotus leaves.

磁青紙金荷 Golden lotus on midnight blue paper

貳零零參開元，暢寫王國財製磁青紙，得金荷三件，工者端麗，是作淋漓華麗，未知前人有此境界否？
On new year’s day 2003, I painted three pictures of golden lotuses on midnight blue paper: The result is

金面新紙寫新花 Fresh flowers on a fresh sheet of “cold gold” Xuan paper

金面新紙寫新花，花葉繁華濃艷香。
On a fresh sheet of “cold gold’ Xuan paper, fresh flowers dance and spread their perfume.

坐對荷花

坐對荷花兩三朵，紅衣落盡秋風生，乙酉夏寫於詩硯齋。

翠蓋輕柔弄晚風

無限秋水映帘櫳，翠蓋輕柔弄晚風，乙酉夏日侯吉諒寫墨荷。

春愁寂寞天地老 The past is always with us

春愁寂寞天地老，夜色朦朧月亦香。
What has gone before is never completely gone. Something always remains to nourish and influence.

滿身秋霧 Lotus in black ink through autumn mist

老覺淡妝差有味，滿身秋霧立多時。姜夔詩，用題墨荷，詩情畫意兩得之。
The lotus unadorned is still beautiful.

冷金花葉 Flowers and leaves on “cold gold” paper

壬午冬日用王國財冷金宣，工筆寫花葉。渾是華清出浴初，碧綃斜掩見紅膚，便教桃李能言語，要比嬌妍比得無。
宋崔德符詩意契此畫，借題之。
Flowers and leaves painted in fine brushwork,If they could speak, they would proclaim their beauty.

白描荷花 Lotuses in fine brushwork

不施脂粉不濃妝，水殿風微有暗香，要識江妃真顏色，晚涼新浴出蘭湯。王國財精製冷金宣，
正視斜照兩般風華，用宋人工筆傳寫遠近二花俯仰雙葉，自視覺紅艷中不失淡雅，讀大千先生荷花詩甚喜，因借題之。
Lotus flowers painted in fine brushwork on “cold gold” Xuan paper present different aspects depending on the viewing angle.