生于中国江苏省南京市，祖籍安徽黟县。1957年考入中央美术学院华东分院中国画系（现中国美术学院），在校五年跟随艺术大师潘天寿、吴茀之教授专攻花鸟画。曾任温州师范学院（现温州大学）中国画教授、温州现代中国画研究院院长、荷兰阿姆斯特丹高等艺术学院客座教授。数十年来潜心研究中国画，在传统基础上大胆变革，巧妙地把具象与抽象艺术表现融为一体，一扫陈旧的艺术框架，创造了具有鲜明个性的新泼墨花鸟画。由于在中国画艺术研究上做出了杰出的贡献，1994年被XXX批准终生享受政府特殊津贴。

　　He was born in Nanjing City, Jiangsu province, China and his ancestral home is Yi Country in Anhui Province. In September, 1957, he is admitted into East Branch of China Central Academy of Fine Arts (China Academy of Art) and in these five years in this university he followed maestros, Professors Pan Tianshou and Wu Fuzhi to major in bird-and-flower painting. He was the director of China Academy of Modern Chinese Painting in Wenzhou and the guest professor of Amsterdam Advanced School of Art in Holland. He concentrated on the studies of Chinese Painting for decades. Based on tradition, he reformed audaciously and skillfully integrated the concrete artistic expression with abstract artistic expression. He abandoned the dated art frame and created new splash-ink bird-and-flower painting with distinct personality. Because of his outstanding contribution on artistic research of Chinese painting, in 1994 he was approved by the State Council to enjoy special government allowance throughout his life.