This year I slowed down the number of paintings to concentrate on a few distinctive pieces. All are original compositions that spoke to me. My latest painting is a Fall fruit inspired composition. I staged it with high intense lighting in studio and and photographed may arrangements. The final one created was the best composition
2014 was a year of letting trees grow and develop. I did get to show in two area shows. I have also enjoyed teaching/leading several workshops in my area. Here are some of the trees that showed this year.
Welcome to my new look. In 2015, join me to follow the development of bonsai, watercolor painting projects and more. Winter is here now and my trees have been all cleaned up. I am moving into repotting season so there will be pictures of trees at various stages of winter prep posted soon. I have
The proud owner of the SBBK raffled Ficus and I got to spend some time re-potting her new tree. Donna F. won the tree with a promise of my assistance for the transplanting. We found that the root mass was a beautiful fine mass with no large heavy roots. The pot we chose will be
This year I have been working these ficus trees a great deal. They have been cut back, up-potted, defoliated, and wired. Now it is time to reap the rewards. These trees all still need considerable work. Growing them in California can be challenging because of low humidity, dry burning sun, hard water. This year our
This little gem is a Trident Maple Shohin that has been in training for over 15 years. It has a powerful trunk and some nice roots that I am still working to develop. I could not resist taking this picture after a summer defoliation. The leaves are twice as small as they were during our
I have a painting in progress and many trees being worked on. It is amazing how fast the season has gone by.
Today was a Ficus trimming day. Many of my trees have been grow mode since the April show and were full of foliage and getting stronger. Once they reach that state and the temperatures are stable in the 80’s and 90’s I can trim them back substantially to improve branch development and smaller foliage. One
It is now summer of 2013 and our redwood is growing nicely. I must, during this time of year, pinch the fine light green leaves to keep the inter nodes short and the foliage compact. Below you can see how the tree has grown and some initial summer pruning.
Ficus after second trimming this year in preparation for the the SBBK (San Mateo) August club demo. Now after a few months of growth the tree is ultra full again awaiting its August demo.
