Five eagles drawn by Wei Feng are on display. [Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn]

On a cold and gray winter afternoon last Saturday, people stopped in front of the bright ink paintings exhibited at the Naga Art Center in Beijing. Flying sparrows, golden-colored flowers, peacocks, roosters and eagles all vividly find their way in these paintings by Wei Feng.

As a leading master of Chinese freehand brush works, the 73-year-old Wei is well-known for his Central China style of ink painting.