Galloping Horse From the Sky

"Qi's horses, painted in ink, are unique. He merges Xu Beihong's accuracy with Ma Ende's magnificence," deputy editor-in-chief of Art Magazine Chen Jianming said. "They have power from the inside out."

"We have a lot of horse painters, but his painting has some modern elements, and it's different from others," said Liang Zhenkang, president of the Federation of Art Societies Singapore

"Painters in the past tended to illustrate horses in an externalized way. Qi doesn't," said Liang.

Qi said painters needed to develop their own styles instead of simply sticking on the old rules.

"Take horse painting as an example. People today won't accept it if it is too old-school," said he. "Therefore my painting is a mixture of modern and traditional elements as well as independent thinking."