吴立民先生少年时代就爱画画,青年时代一度在西冷印社工作,阮性山老先生曾多次赠于画作。他曾想进中国美院进修,拿了画作给赵延年先生指评,赵老看后说,你的画有一股野性,进美院只怕会“磨平”了它,是不是就靠自学走出一条路子?于是,吴立民先生放弃了进美院的机会。后来因为那个动荡年代的种种原因,他到了家乡一个偏僻的小山村务农,并学得一手油漆、雕刻好手艺。改革开放落实政策以后,又转为从事水利水电工作。做手艺和水利工作,使他踏遍了家乡的山山水水,接触了许多的农民和民间艺人。因为他的乐观开朗、幽默、倔强和对新 Mr. Wu Limin loved painting in his youth. He once worked for West Indo - China in his youth. Mr. Ruan Xianshan has donated many times to painting. He wanted to enter the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts for further studies. He took a painting and gave a commentary to Mr. Zhao Yannian. After seeing the old Zhao said that your painting has a wild character and is only afraid of going to the court to “smooth out” it. To learn a way out? So, Mr. Wu Limin gave up the opportunity to enter the Academy. Later, due to various reasons of that turbulent era, he went to a remote small village in his hometown to farm and learn first-hand paint and carve craftsmanship. After the implementation of the policy of reform and opening up, it has again been engaged in the work of water conservancy and hydropower. Doing handicrafts and water conservancy work, so that he traveled all over the mountains and rivers of his hometown, exposed to many farmers and folk artists. Because of his optimistic cheerful, humorous, stubborn and new