There just ain't nothin' natural about all that damn dead wood!
Kimura does one heck of a nice job of representing trees such as the old Monteray cypress and the White Mountain Bristlecones (or their Japanese parallels, which I've never had the opportunity to see.)
I don't like all that driftwood myself, and I don't feature it heavily on my own trees. But the man is clearly a master at what he does, and what does is masterful art. Who other than Kimura would have thought to make the trunk the frame for the tree rather than the other way around?
It's just totally different than what Walter Pall does - and I guess I find myself drawn to more pastoral subject matter, for better or for worse.
All the best,
Old Mister