Many Chinese artists attempt to localize western oil painting, among them Zhou Chunya is the most representational one. From his perspective, the permanent spirit can still be felt in the ancient traditional art. After returned from studying in Germany, he adopted an international new expressionism technique. He combines the non-representation style from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties with the western representation style and created his unique Stone series. In the "Mountain Rock" series, the oil painting is executed in an extraordinary way; the texture, volume, veins, shape and the complicated volume structure have been handle very differently from the traditional literate style, which is normally plain in visual characteristics.

This painting is encrusted with color pigment and has made an uneven surface on the canvas. The image does not have any direct connection with its original existence in real life; the painting style tends to be more abstract, but merging with numerous actual details.

As a matter of fact, Zhou Chunya has not only integrated the ancient traditional literate painting style in his creative philosophy, but also in the specific brush techniques. His prudent and coherence strokes has made no allowance for any changes, just as the traditional ink painting on the rice paper. Sometimes the brush style is just as the hollow strokes in calligraphy and sometimes as powerful as ink accumulation. This is why Zhou Chunya is considered to be one of the best artists who have a strong ability to master the color among the contemporary artists in China.