He took as his subject matter "dead" objects from nature-the skulls of cows, fish specimens, withered limbs of trees, and the like-giving expression to the loneliness inside him by creating a "nature without vitality" composed of scenes of desiccated life.
楊恩生在這樣的氛圍下另闢蹊徑，以牛頭獸骨、魚類標本、枯木樹枝等「過去式」的自然生命題材，構成「無生命力的自然」，藉生命的枯息景象，來表現個人內心的孤寂世界。