Lake Shang fully epitomizes Pang’s scope of talents as the artist depicts the splendor of landscape through an exquisite utilization of colors. As the earthy tones of the lively trees and shrubbery sprigs gently imbued with a subtle majestic blue in the foreground opens up to a scene of quiet tranquility of peaceful solitude, conveying an organic perspective of the world in a realistic manner. Incidentally, the perfect evocation of terrain and mountainous scope in the background frames the sampan floating in the lake as it contrasts with the wooden sampan in the foreground connotative of dimensionality, where further filigree of yellow florets underneath the trees transpire a sense of musicality that is entrenched deeply into the composition. Pang’s had reference the Beethoven in his writings on artistic techniques in his publications. In this regard, one could almost hear the echoes of the Symphony No. 6 through the ambiance derived from the compositional arrangement and the lyrical brushstrokes of the present lot, full of cadence and graceful flowing rhythm that reflects Pang’s affinity for music.

The most essential characteristic of Pang's ideal oil painting exists in the way he observes and expresses the objective world, Pang embodies his feelings and thoughts through brushstrokes that linger and whirls across the canvas. "Lake Shang" illuminates a refined atmosphere that epitomizes 色彩與旋律譜：龎均的創新東方大寫意 Pang's passion for life and patriotic tendencies in the form of his unique interpretation of the mild and misty impressions of the tranquility of the lake scenery, imbued with a munificent dexterity in the utilizing colors, especially his monochromatic grey. Pang admits "The reason my landscapes were popular was precisely that they have a fine grasp of the grey tone, To my observation, the grand mountains and deep waters of China are definitely to be portrayed in grey, and the grey, consonant with the sentiment and ethereality of Chinese poetry and the reserved and low key style of Chinese people, reveals the spirituality of Chinese Culture. " The resulting pictorial effect is one where the vicissitudes of time are transferred into poetic and peaceful scenery that parallels the Classical Literati Tradition. The essential element that lies at the core of Pang's artistic practice is the way in which he observes and expresses his subject matter in the objective world, embodying his thoughts, inspirations, and feelings rooted in Pang’s heart.