周哲伍 Jack J. Jou

周哲伍，臺北人，成功大學建築系畢業，在校時分別從郭柏川、馬電飛等教授學習油畫與水彩。

1964~1996年在台灣及美國加州從事建築師專業。1996年提前退休，得以專心習畫于當地美籍畫家，十幾年來畫藝精進，參加主流繪畫比賽屢獲獎項，倍受肯定。

畫家擅長風景畫，半抽象的印象派畫風，講求畫面構圖、明暗流程與光線色彩，充分表達畫家對景物的第一印象及感觸，瀟灑淋漓的水分控制、一氣呵成。

Jack J. Jou was born in Taiwan in 1939. He graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a degree in Architecture, and practiced as an architect for 30 years in both Taiwan and the United States. Although painting was a favorite pastime for many years, it wasn’t until after his retirement in 1996 that Mr. Jou began to study seriously with local American artists such as Chris Van Winkle, Tom Fong, Nancy Shiershke, and Dick Tarkington.

Today, after nearly 15 years of dedicated painting, Mr. Jou has won numerous local and national awards for his semi-abstract Impressionist landscapes and still-life. His watercolors and Oil emphasize composition and subtle contrasts between light and dark. He pursues lighting and coloring that reflect his immediate impressions, and captures his subjects with both sensitivity and boldness. The resulting canvases are at once spontaneous, vibrant, and flowing.