Artist: Li Yakun
 
Artist's reflection: Warmer colors and lighter colors along with softer angles and brush strokes dominate this contemporary painting. While it is chaotic, like others in this series, this painting seems hopeful, as if spring is arriving, rather than a cold winter.
 
The works in Li's "Wasteland" series are representations of his interpretations of what is beyond city life and therefore what represents the meaning of life.