His work continually strikes a balance between East and West – or rather between the cultures of China where the artist was born, and the USA, where he is now based. Cui Fei seeks out the essence of things – something real and permanent that cannot be altered by cultures or differing political or geographical circumstances.
 

Nature is his greatest source of inspiration and creation – a means through which to express a thought, a therapeutic medium for healing a chaotic world. And so vines, leaves and thorns become tools for highlighting cultural and social change in China compared to corresponding aspects of American culture. In his work “A Manuscript of Nature”, Cui Fei makes use of natural forms to create a calligraphy built from universal signs that transcend nationality, culture, race and religion. “Writing a manuscript with Chinese ideograms lets those who don’t understand, recognize the materials with which it is made in a continuous metaphor of life.”