Mr.Tree

YangChao

Year2025

MediumAcrylic on Canvas

Dimensions 100 × 100 × 2 cm

The “Mr. Tree” series is about exploring the boundaries of vitality in nature. The folds and ravines of trees are life traces etched by time, revealing the cycle of growth and withering. With the theme of trees, I explore the tenacity rooted in the earth, a quiet resistance to fading, and the path of life from growth to decline, and into stillness. Through the outline of the tree, the viewer is invited to reshape the essence of life and reflect on the relationship between energy and eternity.

I want to be a tree. I do not have to be a towering ancient tree, just a quiet and free one. I stand silently, without explaining my existence, and no longer ask about meaning. I simply exist, sensing everything around me — a quiet state of being.