Yu Peng, born in Taipei, was a leading figure of postwar contemporary ink painting who broke through the framework of traditional ink art to create a style all his own. He once said, "My sense of belonging with tradition was born of my constant pursuit of art. When I paint, the difficult choices of past and future become all the more pressing. Gradually, I realized that to follow nature is the most genuine path, and art is genuine. Sincerity is the path to the truth. By being true to the land, true to friends and relatives, true to the surrounding culture, geography and environment, this reveals nature, leading to a beautiful realm."

Yu Peng's magical realms of ink appear at first glance like we have fallen into a wondrous abyss, a dreamlike multi-fold space. From the inner mind to everyday life, Yu devised an unbreakable connection between man and nature, fusing himself to the mountains and waters, and opening himself to nature. In the meditative world under his brush, every stroke, every spot of ink, weaves together to form a new world of unfathomable depth, a world that resonates with life and the infinite cycles of nature.

Longevity is an earnest and precious work celebrating old age. The pine tree symbolizes steadfast endurance, while the crane is a rare and treasured bird, an auspicious symbol of longevity and purity in Chinese culture. The crane stands elegantly beneath the pines, with the perspective looking up from below, the strange rocks' proportions making them appear as tall as the pine trees, the undying vitality of nature and the marks of time worn away from the stone. The crane becomes a symbol of bathing in the winds of spring, sincerely opening oneself to the teachings bestowed by nature, becoming one with nature.

In Untitled—Children Roaming with Mythical Beast, the child to the right of the painting closes his eyes as he enjoys the beautiful natural scenery, seemingly listening to the calls of birds and insects, and breathing in the clean natural air. Lush vegetation is scattered around the rest of the space, with shadowy branch forms growing endlessly out of spots of ink. The mythical beast rests beneath a tree, relaxed and lethargic in nature's embrace. The child next to the beast gazes off into the distance, clutching a clump of grass in his hand, as if waiting for the beast and his companion. This artwork conveys strolling through the landscape with a light, leisurely pace, and using the senses of hearing, smell and vision to stop in time and receive the baptism of nature's enlightenment.

Starting out as a street artist, Peng Yu became an artist of wood print art, ceramics, watercolor, sketching and shadow playing. He created a form in calligraphy of the completion of structure on landscape, of discovering content in topics, depth of calligraphy and multiplicity of painting space displaying an unparalleled depth.

Using the language of ink to construct a modern landscape and strict hand techniques to continue the ancient landscapes infinite realm; his work contains both grotesque and rigorousness.

Upon the normality of Chinese traditional landscape paintings, Yu's concepts of landscape and layout have a certain level of breakthrough on tradition. This allows his pieces to possess a powerful modernity and utilizing ink paintings, he practices the contemplation of human nature.

He is already opening a new field into Contemporary Chinese Ink paintings.