女兒QQ剛滿兩歲時候，連續二十多天高燒不退，並且感染了可怕的EB病毒，全家人一起在焦灼不安中，陪著堅強的女兒，共同度過了一段難熬的日子。 這讓我對生命、對家庭、對女兒，有了更多的感悟。

在《37度》的創作中，我不自覺地突出了特定的家庭氛圍和心理氛圍， 作品中所描繪的已經不再是某一個家庭的父母和孩子，而是中國父親、中國母親和中國兒童，所有中國式家庭典型象徵。我只想用真摯的感情，用純樸的畫面，描繪自己的內心最真實的人生體驗。 在整個畫面裏，沒有悲苦，沒有無奈，沒有絕望，只有堅定、童真和靈動。

在畫面上，畫家左手握著調色板和畫筆， 盯著右手高舉的體溫計，眼神剛毅。 身邊是不安的妻子,目光憂慮。懷中，是正在輸液的孩子，小女孩表情木訥，單純可愛。 還有一隻頑皮而無慮的小狗，叼著皮球 。作品是以大片的深灰色作為背景，表達了我自己一段揪心的生活經歷。

戴平均

2011年10月于北京宋莊

My Daughter has just turned two when she was affected with EB virus and had a high fever for over twenty days. Although deeply worried, the whole family was there for my strong girl. And it is this difficult time we had together that makes me understand more about life, about family, and about my daughter.

In the process of painting 37 Degrees, I unconsciously emphasized on the specific family and psychological atmosphere. It is not a certain family that I depict in my painting. It is the image of father, mother, and child in China. It is a symbol of the classic Chinese family. I would like to describe my own experience with true feeling and simple picture. There is no sadness in this picture, nor helplessness or despair. Only firmness, innocence and lightness remain.

In this painting, the painter is holding palette and brush in his left hand and raising the thermometer in the other, his eyes fixed on the thermometer, firm and determined. His wife is just beside him, looking anxious. Holding in the wife’s arm is their daughter. The girl is getting infusion, looking reticent, but pure and lovely. And there is also a naughty dog, with a ball in its mouth, appearing as if it has nothing to worry about. Dark grey has been used as the background of the paint to express my heartrending experience.

Dai Pingjun

October 2011, in Songzhuang, Beijing