邓汝能的画癖，是天未破晓，是风雨不改，是经年累月，是连续写生一整天，是熟悉到沿街摊贩或其老友帮他照顾画板，是把闭关作画12小时当作家常事，其实就只因为一个癖字。邓汝能已经不仅是游于艺，更是癖于艺了。然而，一个艺术家如何只倾心其癖，特别是在生活节奏神速的新加坡。邓汝能一句简单干脆的座右铭，提供了线索：“复杂的东西简单地做，简单的东西不断的做。”
陈志锐博士
南洋理工大学新加坡华文教研中心副院长
Tung Yue Nang’s obsession with painting is exemplified by several traits. They include his practice of painting before the break of dawn, spending an entire day creating artworks on site regardless of weather conditions to the extent that shop owners or old friends offer to watch over his art materials and making 12 hour long studio painting sessions a normalcy.
So how does an artist persist and live by his passion in Singapore where life is fast paced? Tung Yue Nang has a simple, straightforward motto which provides a hint. He believes that complicated things should be simplified, after-which treated as a sustainable practice.
Dr Tan Chee Lay
Deputy Head, Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
Translated by Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery
Writing was included in catalogue titled City Scape Contemporary Ink by Tung Yue Nang published by Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery
Tung Yue Nang | Good Day | Ink on rice paper | 97x97cm | 2015
Tung Yue Nang painting at Chinatown