Kenpei YUNDE believes that all the things in this world are born from the soil and exist on it.
No matter what he paints with oil, he starts by putting the color of the soil on canvas.
After the first layer, he repeats the process of glazing and scraping more than 50 layers and spends one whole year to complete. In his words, he paints as if he feeds a crop; starts from cultivating the soil, and spreading seed, giving water, putting the layers of the four seasons, and finally harvests after a year. Every work he paints has its own one year’s process to grow. “Apple Tree” artworks show this concept very well. The creatures under the trees, often showed in this series, are recognized that they have long supported human activity in our history. He expresses a Japanese beauty based on the culture in the thick and sculpture-like texture, asking himself about human activities.