In present artistic circles, there are only a few people who can achieve the command of good color dynamics such as Zhou Chunya, among whose works the best ones include "Green Dog", "Scarlet Stone" and "Peach Blossom", which have become synonymous with his name. Since 1995 after completing a number of works with stones and lowers as subject matter, Zhou Chunya began to focus on and express surrounding things and friends, thus creating the works of the "Friend Series".

Apart from the portraitures painted for friends, especially artist friends, Zhou Chunya painted a few self-portraits. This is one of the few self-portraits by Zhou Chunya, where technique of expression skillfully integrates western sketching and Chinese traditional ink; at first sight, it seems to be an old photograph yellowed by age, in which Zhou Chunya's personal straightness characteristic is perfectly and completely presented, and the hair outlined with straight strokes looks wide, strong and a little bit shaggy, thus making it more thoughtful. The person in this picture closes his eyes with tight eyebrows, completely venting out the underlying feelings; as it were, this is a portrait of the heart at that time.

Zhou Chunya has never paraded himself in his creations, but has created excellent works piece by piece with the creative idea of pursuing a natural style. In artistic circles, only a few people can achieve so much.