看田旭桐的画使人想到“画如其人”，但不是一般的理解。一般的理解是画中有人格与人品，是一种气质和品格。田旭桐的画是人的生存、生命和生活的精神状态。田旭桐的画中虽然有具体的形象，用简笔画出的僧人，却是无比抽象的意境。乍一看去，他的笔墨自成体系，笔的轻重与缓急，墨的浓淡与干湿，尽在一笔或数笔之中。 --- 易英 中央美术学院教授  著名美术评论家     When viewing the painting by Tian Xu Tong, one will think they reflect the artist himself. The typical insight one gets from viewing artworks is from character within them, a type of quality and style. However it is different for Tian’s works. His painting are about people, their state of mind and life in general. Zen is unable to interpret art and vice versa. In the case of Tian, Zen is a combination of life and art; through Zen, he is making use of his artistic ability to express life. Although the works of Tian Xu Tong contain distinct images, the monks he creates from simple brushstrokes are beyond abstract concepts. At first glance of his paintings; whether his structured brushstrokes are light or heavy, deliberate or swift and whether the ink applied is thick or thin, dry or wet, they are all within one or a few brushstrokes. ---Professor Yi Ying China Central Academy of Fine Arts