[...] It consists of a pair of six-fold screens, i.e., two six-piece paintings symmetrically positioned side by side, painted with powerful, dynamic brush strokes. In this work, we can find highly diverse yet always effective applications of white and emptiness. [...] Tohaku's provocative demonstration of empty space and emptiness is crystallized in "Pine Trees". It conveys the lively image of trees by intentionally avoiding detailed description, an approach that activates the imaginations of its viewers. In short, the painting's very roughness and omission of details awakens our senses (White, Kenya Hara)
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