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Recently the word masterpiece has come up. It has been associated with bonsai here. I can't speak for others but when I hear the word masterpiece and it association with bonsai some very definate visual keys are awakened in my brain. Visual referances to trees I have seen in the past are remembered in my heart and will be there forever. Maybe this is what does it for me... my echo, my moving moment, my awakening of the soul so to speak.
I have seen many trees in the last 24 years that are considered masterpiece bonsai by some of the most revered artists of our time. Shinji Susuki, Kenji Miyata, Marco Invernizzi, Kunio Kobayashi, Boon Manikivitapart, Walter Pall, and Yaseo Mitsuya. I am sure there are many more but these few I have had personel exposure too in critiques and conversation.
Maybe exposure to trees of this caliber give someone a personality that does not come across well on the internet. Maybe some could call it arrogant, cockyness or just plain stubborn. Call it what you will but after you have been in the same room with a bonsai that for all intents and purposes is a masterpiece, you forever more look at bonsai differently. You see things posted on the web and people argueing for something that frankly is just not a good representation of bonsai.
So with that I propose a photo gallery of masterpiece bonsai. The rules are simple. Each member will post to this thread photo's of masterpiece bonsai. These can be as old a photo you have. These will be photo's that are the best trees you have ever seen. You are allowed five photo's since that is what the forum allows per post. Five only. The photo's must be your own from an event that you have visited and taken photo's of. They of course will not be our trees, or maybe some will who knows. The venue that the photograph came from must be listed with the photo as well as any other information if known. Things like species, artist, size or age. Trees obviously will be shown on a stand and to optimum imagery. No photo's of future bonsai please!
Not all will be able to participate due to where you live or discretionary funds for such activities. Maybe you don't own a camera or maybe you are not sure what a masterpiece tree looks like. That is part of this education process. Please do not post comments in the picture thread, try to reserve it for the beauty it contains. If comments are desireable then start a discussion thread about the masterpiece trees. This is not a contest. This is about seeing what is out there and who has seen what.
I have seen many trees in the last 24 years that are considered masterpiece bonsai by some of the most revered artists of our time. Shinji Susuki, Kenji Miyata, Marco Invernizzi, Kunio Kobayashi, Boon Manikivitapart, Walter Pall, and Yaseo Mitsuya. I am sure there are many more but these few I have had personel exposure too in critiques and conversation.
Maybe exposure to trees of this caliber give someone a personality that does not come across well on the internet. Maybe some could call it arrogant, cockyness or just plain stubborn. Call it what you will but after you have been in the same room with a bonsai that for all intents and purposes is a masterpiece, you forever more look at bonsai differently. You see things posted on the web and people argueing for something that frankly is just not a good representation of bonsai.
So with that I propose a photo gallery of masterpiece bonsai. The rules are simple. Each member will post to this thread photo's of masterpiece bonsai. These can be as old a photo you have. These will be photo's that are the best trees you have ever seen. You are allowed five photo's since that is what the forum allows per post. Five only. The photo's must be your own from an event that you have visited and taken photo's of. They of course will not be our trees, or maybe some will who knows. The venue that the photograph came from must be listed with the photo as well as any other information if known. Things like species, artist, size or age. Trees obviously will be shown on a stand and to optimum imagery. No photo's of future bonsai please!
Not all will be able to participate due to where you live or discretionary funds for such activities. Maybe you don't own a camera or maybe you are not sure what a masterpiece tree looks like. That is part of this education process. Please do not post comments in the picture thread, try to reserve it for the beauty it contains. If comments are desireable then start a discussion thread about the masterpiece trees. This is not a contest. This is about seeing what is out there and who has seen what.
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