岑榮光1993癸酉年款大幅《九如圖》,完美演繹金魚的憨鞠可愛:體肥像球,尾長且對稱像降落傘。布局傳統:地一、人六、天二,但畫法與伍彝生的偏寫意不同,側重工筆寫真,連藻草都佈置畫寫的生動逼真。先生善寫金魚,曾出書自序言:「余自幼好養魚,亦嗜丹青,故對繪魚,可以說是特別喜好 ...... 為了學習交流,我總結了近年來的畫魚經驗,編繪成這本書」。
畫正中位置是一頭黃色碩大龍錦鯉,像是皇帝帶領後面的臣子。跟在最後的一位貴錦鯉,悠然自得、 不急不慌、洋洋得意。左邊最高處紅頭錦鰲,緊徬左下大頭錦鰲。最下面一位大紅黑白三色錦鯉,顯得相對特別恬靜自若。所以,「九如」之外,還寓意:鴻運當頭、獨佔鰲頭、大富大貴、孕育和諧和生機盎然之意。適合家居擺設,著實少有難得。
關於畫家,資料不多,經過搜索推敲,得出如下結論:估計岑氏1924-1931年間出生,2021年之前去世。舊嶺南,關西少爺。1935年左右培正廣州入讀,1941年培正澳門小六畢業,1947年級虹社培正香港校友。約1951年或者之後畢業於嶺南大學,後一直閒賦在家,拜朱庸齋門下,常到分春館聽講宋詞。1962年再讀並於1965年畢業於廣東省文史夜學院。與李曲齋,亦師亦友,曾戲稱應改名「四死齋」,回曰「岑君真吾知己也」。約1981-1991年間任教澳門東亞大學(現澳門大學)國畫。1985年在澳門舉辦綜合藝展,香港「岑榮光寫魚」專題展,翌年赴加拿大畫展。1987年以《金魚》和《戲藻圖》参展湖北美術院主辦的「香港美術家作品聯展」,同年由澳門市政廳出版畫集"Pintura Chinesa Exposicao Catalogo Shun Wing Kwong"。1989年出書《國畫觀賞魚入門》。
晚年應該歸居香港,估計1993年自畫佈置家居,所以無上款。
另:尺寸不同的兩名章正好應了岑字本意,而閒章不但刻字新穎,字體纖細,有黃士陵之風,又蓋的恰到好處。
9月底有描述:岑榮光,現代,廣州人。師梁占峰、朱庸齋、李曲齋,擅山水花鳥,尤善畫魚。
2026年1月11日網上:Among the many Chinese painters in Hong Kong, Mr. Shum Wing Kwong was considered to be one of the most promising artist in the field and had been named as 'Fish-Painting King' by art critics. Perhaps this was because his style and technique were so unusual and full of vivacity in his fish-paintings.
In order to understand Mr. Shum's art, one had to know his ways of painting and thinking. As a matter of fact, before he started to paint, he usually had a mental picture in mind, knowing exactly what images were going to appear in his work and then modifying them with superb control of textural surfaces, plus a sensitive touch of brush strokes, and eventually a unique style of art was born. His paintings showed his visual sensation, and created a new dimension in his art career of Chinese Painting.
1952 Graduated from the Literature college of Lingnan University in Canton.
1965 Graduated from Canton Literature and History College majoring in Chinese Painting. With one of China's most renowned Chinese painter Li Xiongcai 黎雄才as his mentor (who was one of the 3 great masters belonging to the 2nd generation of the Lingnan School), Shum studied Chinese Painting under several of Li's disciples including Li Jim Fung 梁占峰 .
Wu Zi Fu吳子復Studied Chinese calligraphy under renowned calligrapher
2016 Passed away in Hong Kong